{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-44.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-44.1","heading":"Statewide transportation system; policies.","body":"The Department of Transportation shall develop and maintain a statewide system of roads, highways, and other transportation systems commensurate with the needs of the State as a whole and it shall not sacrifice the general statewide interest to the purely local desires of any particular area. The Board of Transportation shall formulate general policies and plans for a statewide transportation system. The Board shall formulate policies governing the construction, improvement and maintenance of roads, highways, and other transportation systems of the State with due regard to farm-to-market roads and school bus routes. (1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 2009-266, s. 18.)","path":["Chapter 136. Transportation.","Article 2A. State Transportation Generally."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_136/GS_136-44.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:47Z","sha256":"6b7b36b442b957cbe99f62dbbe8e037a0e9c125491a1576d623f9768177093b3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-44","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-44.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}