Best of the Best at NCDOT

NCDOT periodically highlights projects or initiatives that demonstrate environmental stewardship and streamlining.

North Carolina’s River Basin Signage Program A partnership between the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the River Basin Signage Program has posted "river basin signs" along highways throughout North Carolina. The program has also identified the river basin boundaries on the State Transportation Map. The signs and map are all part of a statewide educational program to raise awareness of the importance of North Carolina’s river basins. Road signs have been placed along highways in each of the seventeen river basins within North Carolina.
To learn more about this program or to find out what river basin you live in, click here.

Environmental Initiatives at NCDOT

Click here for an on going list of environmental initiatives, practices, and projects being implemented within NCDOT. This list encompasses over one hundred environmental initiatives, including descriptions and general information.

Environmental Best Practices at NCDOT

Click here to find out more about some outstanding environmental practices, including pictures and general information of projects throughout North Carolina’s fourteen transportation divisions.

FHWA’s Environmental Excellence Awards for North Carolina

NCDOT nominated twelve outstanding projects in 2003. Click here to learn more about them.

The Road Beacon Conservation Award

In 2002 NCDOT was awarded the Road Beacon Conservation Award for the efforts creating a 2,500 acre preserve in Hoke County for the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker.

Articles on NCDOT’s Environmental Activities

• NTHP Present Achievement in Public Policy Award, October 2007
• FHWA’s Successes in Stewardship, January 2006
• FHWA’s Public Roads, March 2004
• FHWA's Public Roads, July 2000
• CASE STUDIES: North Carolina's Process Improvement Initiatives