Attorneys with Horack Talley in Charlotte said they have begun representing property owners who will lose their property through condemnation and eminent domain for the new Monroe Connector/Bypass project. The 19.7-mile toll road will stretch from U.S. 74 and Interstate 485 in Mecklenburg County between Matthews and Stallings to U.S. 74 between the towns of [...]
The controversial Monroe connector-bypass project is one step closer to becoming a reality. On Monday, North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Gene Conti and North Carolina Turnpike Authority Executive Director David Joyner signed the $367.7 million design-build contract for the 19.7-mile toll road. The contract has been awarded to Monroe Bypass Constructors, a joint venture [...]
The Southern Environmental Law Center is challenging a ruling that paves the way for the more than $700 million Monroe Bypass project to move forward. On Monday, the SELC filed an appeal in federal court after U.S. District Court Judge James Dever III said an environmental-impact study was done properly. The appeal was filed on behalf of Clean [...]
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department is meeting with representatives from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Gandy Development to plan for the future — and last — leg of the Interstate 485 loop around Charlotte. The groups will meet at 9 a.m. today, Wednesday and Thursday in the eighth floor of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center. [...]
Age: 59 Lives in: Plaza Midwood Family: wife, Susan; stepson, Tracy Russ, 42 Education: bachelor’s degree in political science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Bill Coxe had been Mecklenburg County’s transportation planner for 19 years when the culmination of much his work hit his desk on a Friday afternoon in 1997. It was a [...]
With Interstate 77 becoming more overwhelmed, the Lynx Red Line should be built. That’s according to Jennifer Roberts, chairwoman of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. “The north commuter Red Line will go through three northern Mecklenburg towns into Iredell (County),” Roberts wrote on Twitter last week. “Declining capacity of (Interstate 77) means the Red [...]
Charlotte-based Ferebee Corp. has been awarded two North Carolina Department of Transportation contracts totaling $13.8 million to improve about 50 miles of roads in Mecklenburg County. The work includes a $7.8 million contract for resurfacing and shoulder construction over 25.8 miles of highway, including Old Statesville Road, Tryon Street and Independence, W.T. Harris and University [...]
In more grim news for Charlotte’s construction industry, construction, mining and logging employment fell 4 percent in August from the same month a year ago, according to a report this week from the Associated General Contractors of America. That meant the loss of 1,500 jobs in the three sectors, which had 36,600 jobs in August, [...]
North Mecklenburg County has changed dramatically over the years as Charlotte has sprawled and Lake Norman has become a popular place to live and work. What was once a quiet, rural part of the county is now a popular place to live, and its roads are often clogged with traffic. Even with all the development, [...]
The Hickory City Council will be getting into the aviation fuel business via a new $343,000 fuel farm at Hickory Regional Airport. During a City Council meeting last week, council members backed a grant agreement to combine city money and federal funds to build the facility. The city is now taking bids for construction. Project [...]
