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Cornelius tries again for I-77 toll-lane derailment
CORNELIUS — The town’s Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to adopt a resolution asking that the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Interstate 77 toll-road contract with a Spanish developer be […]
DOT finalizes toll lane contract, taking opponents by surprise
The North Carolina Department of Transportation closed on a controversial public-private partnership with Spanish developer Cintra this week, surprising many attendees at Wednesday evening’s meeting of the Charlotte Regional Transportation […]
Making tracks: Developers look northeast and northwest as plans progress for streetcar, Blue Line extensions
Development along the Lynx Blue Line extension is ramping up in anticipation of it coming online, and the second phase of the Gold Line streetcar is likely to receive federal […]
Details for Knowledge Park financing, transportation being worked out
ROCK HILL – The master developer of a 23-acre former textile site plans by the end of this year to begin work on the first component of the project: the […]
Map Act plaintiffs urge Supreme Court to shut the door on the DOT
See related story on proposed legislation that would change or repeal the Map Act. A group of property owners who are beating the North Carolina Department of Transportation in a […]
One Map Act bill passes house; others proposed in Senate
See related story on Supreme Court challenge to Map Act here. North Carolina’s Map Act, approved in 1987, permits the N.C. Department of Transportation to freeze development on properties it […]
City discusses University Plan, approves Bojangles’ funds
CHARLOTTE — The City Council heard public comments on the University City Area Plan on Monday night and voted to spend $975,000 to install 8,700 new seats at Bojangles’ Coliseum. […]
DOT appeals Map Act ruling
Despite a major loss at the North Carolina Court of Appeals and mounting pressure from the legislature to scrap the Map Act, the state Department of Transportation is not reversing […]
Second DOT highway analysis deemed ‘flawed’
A ruling from a federal judge last week granting summary judgment to two conservation groups in their lawsuit against the N.C. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration could […]
Ante up: NCDOT could be required to pay attorneys’ fees for low-balling landowners
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the North Carolina Department of Transportation pay for offering unfairly low buyout prices to property owners facing condemnation. The legislation proposes several […]
DOT ordered to pay: Court ruling expected to spur hundreds of new eminent domain suits
For Winston-Salem lawyer Matthew Bryant, the recent North Carolina Court of Appeals decision that holds the state Department of Transportation liable for misusing the Map Act was an I-told-you-so moment […]
Biden in NC: America must rebuild its infrastructure
CHARLOTTE — In a visit to Charlotte, where local leaders say prosperity is linked to infrastructure investments, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday reiterated the administration’s call to invest billions […]
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- Construction Spending Rises 0.9 Percent Annually In April; Association Urges Officials To Renew Highway And Transit Funding By September
- Zombie foreclosures rise in most states with North Carolina up 67 percent
- US consumer inflation breaks above 4% as Iran war raises energy prices
- Rail Trail Bridge to Connect Uptown to South End over I-277 work begins
- Construction employment rises in 32 states and D.C. with North Carolina adding 13,600 jobs
- ATTOM reports home purchase loans at 12-year low amid rising mortgage rates
- NCDOT unveils six design concepts to reconnect I-77 South corridor in Charlotte
- ATTOM report finds home prices grew in nearly half of opportunity zones
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- Construction Employment Rises By 9,000 In April As Nonresidential Hiring Offsets Residential Declines And Average Hourly Pay Rises To $38.73
- Foreclosure activity rises 18 percent annually with Delaware and South Carolina hardest hit
- Homeowners face plumbing and radon as top repair stressors across states
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