Actually the stretch that is referred to being completed in Aug 2007 is from I-40 to Highway 55. I live in Wendell and kept close track of progress of I-540 out this way and the last word I heard was sometime in January 2007.

and what good are you doing by posting the engineers? The traffic in Raleigh and surrounding cities has grown steadily over the past few years. But of course some "people" do not take this into consideration. Should a few blunders be blamed for the whole Department of Transportation? or is just that some have the problem of pointing the finger unnecessarily?

Jodi - NCDOT website says August of '07.

So after all the extra work - has anyone heard when 540 will actually open out to Knightdale??!! :) At least then the pain would have some gain!

Having lived in 3 different states, and traveled extensively throughout the U.S., I can say without hesitation that NC appears to have the WORST DOT of the 40+ states I've navigated. This applies to road signage, road conditions, maintenance scheduling and logistics, traffic directing, stoplight coordination...it simply goes across the board. The recent I-540 incident - which I observed while heading in the opposite direction - is just one more instance of a brainless decision made by someone with no clue as to the obvious impact during the Christmas rush holiday season. I don't blame the actual road workers; it is the people making lame and completely innapropriate decisions that should either step up to the plate or get out of the way so that truly competent people can take over and run the DOT appropriately. The list of DOT engineers can be found at https://apps.dot.state.nc.us/srmu/directory/PDF_Report/ReportEngListing.aspx