UNION COUNTY, N.C. — Nearly 19 miles of roads across Union County will soon be upgraded under a $6.9 million N.C. Department of Transportation contract awarded to Monroe-based TrueRock Construction LLC, transportation officials announced.
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The project includes milling, resurfacing and shoulder reconstruction along sections of U.S. 74 East, N.C. 84 and 15 secondary roads.
Crews will improve U.S. 74 East from Wesley Chapel Stouts Road to Rocky River Road and between Bivens Road and Edgewood Drive. A section of N.C. 84 between Airport Road and Willoughby Road will also be resurfaced.
These secondary roads are also planned for improvement as follows:
- Waxhaw-Indian Trail Road from Golden Pond Road to Glenn Valley Lane
- Old Monroe-Marshville Road from Gilboa Road to Camden Road
- Ansonville Road from N.C. 205 to Olive Branch Road, and from Lanesboro Road to the Anson County line
- Gray Byrum Road from N.C. 16 to Waxhaw-Marvin Road
- Love Mill Road from E. Lawyers Road to Haigler Baucom Road
- Boyce Road from Lathan Road to end of maintenance
- Porter Drive from Roscoe Howley Road to end of maintenance
- Eubanks Street from Potter Road to end of maintenance
- Dexter Place from cul de sac to cul de sac
- Avocet Lane from Airport Road to Dexter Place
- Johns Forest Traffic Circle
- Johns Forest Lane from N.C. 84 to Manchineel Lane
- Doctor Blair Road from Hasty Road to Gilboa Road
Crews can begin operations as early as this month, with all work to be completed by spring of 2028.