Public invited for renaming ceremony for section of Business 40 highway

SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Transportation officials and local dignitaries will announce the new name of a 20-mile portion of the historic Business 40 highway between I-40 east of Kernersville and I-40 west during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Business 40 Improvement Project in Winston-Salem.

The public is invited to join elected officials and the NCDOT to celebrate at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21 at the Green Street Bridge parking lot at BB&T Ballpark.

In November 2015, a name nomination period began and by January 2016, we received 1,889 nominations.

In March 2016, a selection committee chose four final names from the long list:

*Golden Leaf Parkway

*Innovation Parkway

*Piedmont Corridor

*Salem Parkway