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North Carolina Department of Transportation

Nov 26, 2011

$367.7M bypass design-build contract signed

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 […]

Nov 5, 2011

Environmentalists 
challenge 
toll road ruling

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 […]

Nov 1, 2011

I-485 planning meetings get under way

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 […]

Oct 4, 2011

Ferebee awarded $13.8M in DOT work

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 […]

Jul 20, 2011

CATS awarded $847,417 from NCDOT

The Charlotte Area Transit System is getting an $847,417 boost from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The department’s board of transportation has OK’d the funding to improve public transportation […]

Apr 15, 2011

Troubled subdivisions lead to rocky roads for homeowners

Just last year, Alma Kohuth’s neighbors found themselves regularly dumping asphalt into potholes that scarred the roads running by their Mooresville homes. The developer of Lake Hills Estates had gone […]

Mar 29, 2011

Feds’ rail money could slow down in NC House bill

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s new slice of money from the federal government to improve Piedmont passenger train service could be pushed back under legislation being considered by state lawmakers. The […]

Feb 10, 2011

Amtrak service to be suspended starting Monday

Amtrak train service between Raleigh and Charlotte will be suspended for 10 weeks starting Monday. The disruption in the Piedmont and Carolinian service will allow upgrades to be made to the railway. The North […]

Feb 8, 2011

Congestion fears grip residents near planned I-485 exit

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 […]

Jan 28, 2011

Big-box vision for Independence draws supporters, critics

Susan Lindsay remembers when she was a teenager, in the 1950s, how she and her cousins used to “cruise” Independence Boulevard, popping into the mom-and-pop shops along the road. “It […]

Jan 25, 2011

In recession, Charlotte’s mining industry gets the shaft

Jasper Stem always thought Charlotte was recession-proof. But Stem, executive director of the North Carolina Aggregates Association, has seen mining business in the state decline by nearly half since 2006. […]

Jan 14, 2011

Businesses mixed on I-485 project impact

In an area where much of the business development is clustered near the highways, The Shoppes at Highland Creek shopping center, at the intersection of Prosperity Church and Ridge roads […]

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