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The Tuesday Interview: Bill Coxe, Huntersville transportation planner (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: October 4,2011

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 [...]


Highway to hell: Landowners in the path 
of N.C. 73 realignment stand to lose lots (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: September 26,2011

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, [...]


Congestion fears grip residents near planned I-485 exit (access required)

By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: February 8,2011

As much as Kelly St. Claire, a resident of the Highland Creek neighborhood, is glad that the last leg of the Interstate 485 belt will be completed in the next three years, she still has concerns. With the traffic buildup that St. Claire and other Highland Creek residents say they experience at the intersection of [...]