It is the mission of the Highway 17 Association to assure, through collective action and constancy of purpose, that the inclusion and funding of all unfunded portions of the US Highway 17 corridor shall be part of the NC Department of Transportation’s 2009 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).

Since the opening of the Highway 17 Association offices on October 1, 2006, the Association has made progress in many areas: Budgeting; Administration; Government Relations with Federal, State and Local policy makers; and Public outreach.  Specific to its primary goal to secure funding for previously unfunded sections of US Highway 17, the Association has made tangible progress.  In the last six months since the Association offices were opened, an additional $33.9 million has been committed or pledged to Highway 17 improvements.

We support our five regional Department of Transportation Board Members, the DOT administration and staff, our state legislative delegation and our Congressional delegation, who have endorsed a fully controlled access US Highway 17 throughout North Carolina.

However, if it were not for the constant presence of the newly invigorated Highway 17 Association we would not have realized this progress.  The financial support has made this progress possible, and we can continue to reap such a return on your investment.