If you’ve gone down US 70 through James City recently looking for signs of the US 70 project, you have not been able to see many. There are a few: the McDonalds and service station ensemble is empty. Brices Creek Bible Church is boarded up and awaiting a wrecking ball and its future life as an exit ramp. A few signs are announcing future locations for other businesses-to-become-exit-access. But otherwise, all seems quiet. But don’t worry, work is about to begin. US 70 is destined to become Interstate I-42 connecting Morehead City and Raleigh with a 151-mile band free of intersections an...