While living in the Lake Norman area for the past 10 years I have seen the landscape change in many ways. I am very excited to see that a development that has been in the works for years is finally coming to fruition. Here is a recent article I read that will keep you updated on the Langtree at the Lake development.
Despite the spring rains, Interstate 77 Exit 32 in south Iredell remains on track to open this summer, a state transportation official said.
Barring weather delays, the long-anticipated interchange will open July 15, said engineer John Cook of the N.C. Department of Transportation office in Statesville.
"Even with all the weather we had this spring, they're still on schedule," Cook said last week of general contractor Rea Contracting of Charlotte.
The $21 million project includes a third interstate lane both southbound and northbound between the new exit and existing Exit 33 near Mooresville.
Interstate paving is finished southbound but not northbound, Cook said. "The main thing is the paving, and we're doing that at night," he said.
Signals have been installed on Langtree Road at the new exit, Cook added. 
The state promised the new exit years ago as an incentive to lure the national headquarters of Lowe's Companies Inc., the home improvement retailer accessible from Exit 33 and N.C. 115. Lowe's is paying to build a road straight to its headquarters from Langtree Road near the new exit .
Work started on Exit 32 in March 2007.
The exit leads to Lowe's in one direction and to the planned $800 million Langtree at the Lake mixed-use development in the other direction.
Langtree Road will eventually be expanded to serve as an east-west connector between I-77 in south Iredell and Interstate 85 in Cabarrus County. The connector would link with N.C. 3 through the counties.
