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Tell that to the owners of those art galleries and antique stores in West Jefferson. That just shows the narrow minded and selfishness of yourself. Just because your simple little life does not see the benefits of bringing people in to Ashe, but those owners do. Just because life dealt you a bad hand does not mean it will not benefit those that have to drive that crappy road everyday.

But y’all don’t want outsiders here, right? So it will make it easier for Ashe residents to get to Boone for work.

Potential Benefits?

What Potential Benefits?

What in the county would attract more tourists?
Shatley Springs? not in its state of disrepair
Art Galleries? there are dozens of these in scores of little Appalachian towns
Antique Stores? same as with the Art Galleries
Leaf Looking? Seriously folks looking to look at leaves aren't looking for 4 lane roads, that detracts from their enjoyment, sides most of the leaf lookers are on the way out (that is they are dying off).

The county has no major tourist attractions. (The ones it does have like Mt Jefferson, New River State Park and Elk Knob State park are woefully undeveloped compared to the ones just across the state border in Virginia).
It's level of poverty is to high and educational level to low to attract any major industries.

The four lane road is just a politician pipe dream that will not overly benefit the county for the next 20 years.....because there is simply not enough here to entice folks to come to our county, much of our tourists are overflow from Boone. That's all we really are.

Then you are not very intelligent either. Pure traffic volume justifies the highway even before the potential benefits.

I agree it's largely a highway to nowhere.

You are an idiot.

It's a highway to nowhere, so why should anything about it make sense?

End of 2018 for D section
End of 2019 for AB Section
End of 2019 for C section

E section has not been bid or contracted

NCDOT has contracted the construction of 221 to Vannoy Construction of Jefferson and Vecellio and Grogan of Beckley, WV. Completion of the project is 2021 or 20

I guess the OP couldn't come up with a coherent question.

I think maybe you celebrated the New Year a bit to much and started a bit to soon.

Roads take time to build. While some work can be done in the winter, most of the paving etc requires warmer temperatures. So depending on how the weather goes this winter I don't expect a lot of progress until at least end of March/April.

Miss were you tazed recently?

Must be at outsider, because if you live in Ashe County local and just noticed the highway to Boone which by the way is 221 you must be drunk? let's guess since your post makes no sense, maybe you see SNOW? You are pathetic!! LMAO!

Yee Yee!

State what your problem, question or concern is a maybe someone can give you an answer.

Could it be because- it's not finished yet?

Doesn't look like a highway to me, on the way to Boone. No one cares to know what is going on. Pathetic.

Do you know what is going on?

Maybe a post that we can understand or list the problems you are talking about

What is up with the roads up against the highway? Does anyone know? Does anyone care?