Article: NEW BRIDGE DRAWS NO FLAK, MANY IDEAS FROM OUTER BANKS HEARING.(LOCAL)

Byline: LANE DeGREGORY, STAFF WRITER

MANTEO -- Richard Lawrence wants state officials to add bicycle rails to the bridge. Sherman Gard thinks there ought to be a boat ramp at one end. And Sheila Payne asked transportation workers to install a stoplight in Manns Harbor.

About 20 people commented Tuesday night on Department of Transportation plans for a new four-lane span that will connect Roanoke Island to the Dare County mainland.

But none of the 160 people at the public hearing opposed the additional bridge - or its proposed route across the Croatan Sound.

``This new span will be 5.3 miles long and 65 feet high,'' Department of ...

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