14-year-old from Denton receives award for reporting road disrepair
Alex Perdue, a 14-year-old autistic teen from Denton, is fascinated by road construction.
Alex and his father, Adrian Perdue, like to drive around looking at roads that are under construction. Alex keeps track of ongoing projects through an app, North Carolina Roads, that shows which roads across the state are under construction and when construction will begin on upcoming projects.
While riding the school bus near Seagrove one day, Alex noticed one road, Little River Road, was bumpier than the others, and it made a rattling noise as the bus drove through. Alex found contact information on the Department of Transportation's website and reported the road conditions.