GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 644 Short Title: DOT Study on Fort Bragg Traffic Congestion. (Public) Sponsors: Representatives F. Jackson, Pike, Colvin, and Wheatley (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 2, 2025 *H644 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRAN SPORTATION TO PERFOR M A 2 STUDY ON REDUCING TRAFFIC CONGESTION NEAR FORT BRAGG. 3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the Highway Fund to the Department of 5 Transportation for the 2025-2026 fiscal year the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) 6 in nonrecurring funds to be used by the Department to study and identify the economic benefits 7 from reducing the traffic congestion on the portion of road between the intersection of Vass Road 8 and N.C. Highway 87 and the entrance to Fort Bragg. The study shall include examining 9 expanded rail routes and other surface transportation. 10 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 11