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Davidson voting ‘no’ at CRTPO meeting tonight

Aug. 19. Davidson’s representative on the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization will vote “no” tonight on the 2016-2025 highway plan which includes toll lanes managed by a much-reviled private company whose roots are in Spain. While the ultimate CRTPO vote is likely to be “yes”—Charlotte City Councilwoman Vi Lyles has 46 percent of the region-wide […]

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Cintra hints of possible legal action against critic of toll plan

By Dave Yochum. The fight against the plan to widen I-77 with the help of a company whose roots are in Spain continues to escalate, with a lawsuit, another bill in Raleigh and even the threat of legal action against someone who has spoken out against I-77 Mobility partners, the new entity that will build the […]

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Kurt Naas, founder of WidenI77.org, at Newsmakers Breakfast Aug. 13

Kurt Naas, founder of the Widen I-77 anti-toll movement, will speak at Business Today’s Newsmakers Breakfast Aug. 13 at The Peninsula Club. The Cornelius resident launched WidenI-77 three years ago when the conventional wisdom was that tolls were the only way for the NCDOT to add capacity to I-77 in the foreseeable future. WidenI-77 has filed suit to […]

LKN Chamber meeting to discuss toll plan

Aug. 7. The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce will hold business briefings on I-77 tolls on two consecutive Tuesdays, Aug. 11 and Aug. 18, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm at The Galway Hooker in Kenton Place. Business owners and managers as well as the public are invited. Mecklenburg County Board Commissioner Jim Puckett and […]

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OPINION: Private toll lanes on I77 are wrong for business

OPINION. By Mike Russell. We use I-77 through Lake Norman as a local road. When it was built 40 years ago that may not have been the original intent, but with part of US 21 under Lake Norman and NC 115 constricted through downtown Davidson, it is an inescapable reality.  For local businesses I-77 is […]

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Evernham: Toll planners should be ‘ashamed’

July 15. (UPDATED 1:45 pm with comments from Sen. Tarte.) Opposition to the I-77 toll plan continues to gain speed. Major voices in the motorsports community are speaking out against the $650 million plan to widen I-77 with a public private partnership. As reported in BusinessToday’s July print edition, Humpy Wheeler opposes the current plan. […]

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Humpy Wheeler: Toll plan won’t work

By Dave Yochum. After nearly three dozen Lake Norman business leaders called on North Carolina legislators in the State Capitol, there’s solid business momentum behind a legislative effort to defund the 50-year, $650 million contract with a company whose roots are in Spain. From the motorsports community to community bankers, companies with hundreds of employees, not […]

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Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce hosts Focus Friday

July 15. On Friday, July 17 from 8:30 to 10 a.m., North Carolina Senator Jeff Tarte and Mecklenburg County Commissioner Jim Puckett will speak at the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce meeting on the issue of toll lanes on I-77 at Lake Norman. The event, called Focus Friday, is intended for Commerce members but guests […]

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Point counterpoint: I-77 toll lanes

By Kurt Naas. Now that local governments and businesses have lined up against the I-77 toll lanes, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has been offering up three more rationales why they must move forward with this project. First, we’ve been told it’s “tolls or nothing for 20 years.”  That may have been true in […]

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Transportation improvements on the road to Cabarrus County

By Dave Vieser. While state and local officials continue to debate the wisdom of constructing toll lanes on I-77, there’s a clear road ahead for widening I-85 in Cabarrus County. The $243 million needed for the project is being funded the old fashioned way—by the state. The interstate widening is actually just one of several major […]