By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: May 24,2011
The controversial Independence Boulevard area plan passed unanimously during a Charlotte City Council meeting Monday. Among other things, transit has been a source of debate over the plan. The transit plan created by the Metropolitan Transit Commission includes bus rapid transit for the boulevard. But there has been a push for light-rail transit in the area. [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: May 10,2011
When it comes to lengthy and convoluted planning processes, the Independence Boulevard project is one of Charlotte’s most notorious examples. And it doesn’t look like things are going to improve any time soon. Multiple public agencies are involved in the planning for Independence Boulevard’s future, and plans for the corridor are constantly in flux, often [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 20,2011
The adoption of the Independence Boulevard area plan was stalled Tuesday when a committee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission asked planners to consider making revisions. One of the main areas of concern was the number of transit stations along the corridor. The committee asked Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department staff to consider lowering the number of transit stations from [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: December 10,2010
Surrounded by vacant and decrepit-looking shopping centers, hotels, restaurants and car lots, Independence Park is one of the last places still showing signs of life along a blighted stretch of highway just minutes from uptown. But Alec Polites said the shopping center is barely limping along. Polites, president of Polites Realty Co., and his father, [...]
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