(RALEIGH) -- The North Carolina Department of Transportation wants to help you save time and money this Easter weekend. They have a few ideas on how to avoid traffic to make your drive quicker and easier.

Steve Abbott of the NCDOT suggests going to the travel section of their website to create a plan. "Before you leave, if you can check the travel section of our website at www.ncdot.gov/travel, you can punch in and search for traffic conditions by county, by road or by region. And you may see something that you may want to avoid, and help you plan a better trip," he said.

To further help your travel plans, the DOT will be suspending most construction projects along interstate, state and national routes from April 21 to 25. The two exceptions are US 17 on the Cashie River Bridge in Windsor and I-40 in Greensboro between Exits 214 and 213.