WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Work is ramping up on the final, 10-mile stretch of 540 , the outer loop around Raleigh.

Once completed, the stretch of toll road , which will connect I-87 in Knightdale with I-40 south of Garner will cap a project more than three decades in the making and mark the end of Phase 2 of "Complete 540".

Not only will the completed expressway serve as a game changer for local drivers, but nearby businesses say it's bound to have a major impact on them, too.

"For a long time we were getting so many customers from eastern North Carolina, down south, from Fayetteville, and it's pretty cool to be able to support the local community," said Mike Black, General Sales Manager of Capital Chrysler Jeep Dodge off of Highway 70 in Garner.

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