By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: November 1,2011
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. [...]
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 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 [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 19,2010
(Editor’s note: Part of an occasional series on growth of communities outside Charlotte) Business owner Tana Greene remembers when the only place to eat in the Lake Norman area was the Ham and Eggs restaurant at Exit 28 off Interstate 77 in Cornelius. “It was the cheesiest little greasy spoon you have ever seen in [...]
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