After years of delays, the NCDOT has re-engineered plans for the popular Alternate 4B for the I-26 connector. Given more time, those who show up at public meetings will prevail upon the DOT to modify their highway plans until they’re sound. Those who have idled and needlessly carbon-footprinted in rush hour traffic jams, on the stretch of highway the DOT has been trying to widen for the last eight years, may not have had time to express their views.