End is in sight for NC 106 repairs

By Kim Lewicki, Highlands Newspaper Work on the washout on NC 106 (Georgia Road) is set to begin Friday, Nov. 15. According to Mayor Pat Taylor, Bryson’s Grading and Paving was awarded the contract after […]

Repairs expected to last months A new necessary repair has appeared in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. A deep pipe failure and a weakened slope below the road will require a closure of N.C. 106 […]

By Kim Lewicki, Highlands Newspaper The workshop session at 6 p.m., prior to the October Town Board meeting set up agenda items for the November Town Board meeting. Discussed was the need for a street […]

Tonight is the Highlands Town Board meeting beginning at 7 p.m. at the Highlands Community Center next to the ball field. At 6 pm the board will have a public workshop meeting at the same […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News A truck carrying band equipment tipped onto its side along NC 106 after leaving Bear Shadow music festival on May 1. The driver of the truck, Deioedre Lyles, walked […]

No detours necessary for replacing bridge on N.C. 106 By Kim Lewicki, Highlands Newspaper An 84-year-old bridge on N.C. 106 in Macon County is in the process of being replaced with a modern structure that […]

by Kim Lewicki
Posted on 6 Oct 2022
News

At the September Town Board meeting, Mayor Patrick Taylor said two donors had stepped up to potentially help finance the construction of a sidewalk on NC 106 from Spring Street to Happoldt Drive. Pictured at the top of the article […]

A section of Dillard Road (N.C. 106) will be closed beginning at 9 p.m. tonight (June 27). N.C. Department of Transportation maintenance crews will replace a deteriorated culvert near Woodcrest Way. The work is expected […]

Send comments for consideration by Sept. 13 With visions of the scarred US 64 corridor through the Lake Toxaway area fresh in their minds, many who attended the Department of Transportation’s NC 106 presentation last […]