The National Park Service is warning motorists to use caution along the Blue Ridge Parkway due to multiple road projects this weekend.
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Channel 9’s Dave Faherty was on the Parkway on Friday and it didn’t take long for his news crew to encounter potholes up to three feet wide.
There were also too many potholes to count not far from Grandfather Mountain, where the National Park Service posted signs warning motorists of the rough road, Faherty said.
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A Florida couple drove their 1962 Chevy Corvette over the rough roads.
“You just dodge what you can dodge and hope you don’t hit something so big that it causes something bad,” said Ernie White, who drove the Vette.
“I think they are worse than they have been in recent years,” said his wife, Carolie White.
In 2023, more than 16 million people visited the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The park service said multiple maintenance projects are underway, including resurfacing, bridge repairs and replacing and improving signage.
Officials said some of the money for the work, nearly $200 million, came from the Great American Outdoors Act.
“Road projects underway on the Parkway this year represent a significant investment in preserving and enhancing this national treasure for generations to come,” said BRP Superintendent Tracy Swartout.
Parkway officials said they had to check the website before coming.
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