Population Growth

Because North Carolina is such a great state to live, work and play in, our state’s population growth has exploded over the past 10 years. That’s created a need for more infrastructure, but funding hasn’t kept up – North Carolina has a nearly $8 billion backlog of projects that need funding to support our population growth.

Consider we’re now home to more than 10 million people…

The growth means more and more people are using our transportation network leading to more significant congestion and more wear and tear on our roads and bridges.

Project Backlog

North Carolina has nearly an $8 billion backlog of projects that need funding to keep up with our population growth.

Until we modernize our transportation revenue model, we will always be playing catch up.

Here is a breakdown of the unfunded projects by state Senate and House districts.