NC Auditor Boliek to unveil Mid-Currituck Bridge audit at June 22 Currituck Board meeting

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice on June 18, 2026

North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek (File photo, credit: Mark Jurkowitz)

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice

North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek will appear before the Currituck Board of Commissioners at a special meeting on Monday, June 22 to present the findings of his much-anticipated audit of the Mid-Currituck Bridge project.

In an interview with the Voice in late April, Boliek noted that the “Mid-Currituck Bridge is high on the list” of his priorities.

“I want to look at how much money has been spent, so far, on something that doesn’t exist. I don’t think that’s an unfair question to ask,” he added during the interview. “It’s also a fair question to ask if there is a ‘go [or] no go’ decision that needs to be made [and] can you make that in a more efficient, effective way so as not to spend additional money waiting for a final decision?” The Outer Banks Voice – Auditor Dave Boliek scrutinizing the NC Ferry system, NC Marine Fisheries and the Mid-Currituck Bridge

The long delayed and threatened bridge project is facing a major funding gap. During an April meeting of the Albemarle Rural Planning Organization (ARPO), NCDOT official David Wasseman estimated the cost of the project at about $1.2 billion, with a funding gap in the range of $700-$ 800 million dollars—assuming that $173 million in state funding remained with the project.

At that meeting, ARPO delegates chose to keep the Mid-Currituck Bridge as a regional priority, meaning that state money earmarked for it would remain available. The Outer Banks Voice – ARPO delegates retain Mid-Currituck Bridge as a regional priority

On April 6, the Currituck Commissioners met with Wasserman who told them that “at the end of the day, the funding will still remain a challenge for this project.” The Outer Banks Voice – Currituck Commissioners told funding remains a ‘challenge’ for Mid-Currituck Bridge project

The June 22 special meeting of the Currituck Commissioners will be held at 1 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room of the Historic Courthouse at 153 Courthouse Road.