DOT repairing washed out roads, bridge in Bat Cave [Video]

FROM MILTON BEGINS NEXT AT 630. AND BACK HERE AT HOME TODAY, THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS GIVING US ALL A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO REPAIR SOME OF THE ROADS AND RECONNECT COMMUNITIES FOLLOWING HALLOWEEN. CREWS ARE DETAILING THE WORK THEY’VE DONE AND WHAT’S LEFT TO DO. OUR REY LLERENA JOINS US LIVE IN HENDERSONVILLE WITH MORE RAY. EARLIER TODAY, NORTH CAROLINA D.O.T. TOOK US DOWN U.S. HIGHWAY 64 TO THE BAT CAVE COMMUNITY, WHERE A ROAD THAT CONNECTED IT TO THE REST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WAS WASHED AWAY. WHAT YOU JUST DROVE THROUGH WAS AN ABSOLUTE WAR ZONE. ROADS TURNED INTO CLIFFSIDES AND DEBRIS FROM HELENE’S FLOODING ARE SOME OF THE SIGHTS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 64 ON THURSDAY. STEP ONE GET THE HERE FIT. YOU SAW A LOT OF THE REPAIRS BEHIND US RIGHT? THERE WERE PLACES BACK BEHIND US THAT WERE …