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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 […]
Biden will visit NC to tout plan to rebuild infrastructure
CHARLOTTE — Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Charlotte to help promote the administration’s almost $500 billion spending bill to fix the nation’s aging infrastructure. Biden will be joined Thursday […]
VP Biden to talk infrastructure in stops in SC and NC
COLUMBIA — Vice President Joe Biden is coming to South Carolina and North Carolina to talk about the importance of investing in infrastructure. Biden’s office said Saturday he will visit Charlotte […]
Highway crisis looms as soon as August, US warns
WASHINGTON— Gridlock in Washington will lead to gridlock across the country if lawmakers can’t quickly agree on how to pay for highway and transit programs, President Barack Obama and his […]
Charlotte Citizen Review Board
City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to give more power to the Citizen Review Board, an 11-member volunteer board that monitors complaints against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Former Mayor […]
Gold Line misses grant, city mulling other options
City officials have begun looking at possible alternative options for funding its Gold Line streetcar expansion project, but have not given up on receiving a federal grant. Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation handed down the list of recipients of $474 million in federal money for transportation projects nationwide.
Judge halts airport transfer
North Carolina legislators on Thursday completed their drive to strip the city of Charlotte of the airport it has run for more than 70 years, but hours later, a judge issued a temporary order blocking the move.
Amid fanfare, City Council approves divisive $126 million streetcar extension
CHARLOTTE – The packed, sign-waving crowd of supporters gave a standing ovation to Charlotte Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Transportation designate Anthony Foxx‘s surprise entrance. They stood and cheered again […]
Habitat house built during DNC dedicated in Reid Park
CHARLOTTE — Thirteen weeks and 3 1/2 miles later, the house built by Habitat for Humanity in an uptown parking lot during the 2012 Democratic National Convention was turned over […]
Low replacing Rosenburgh on planning commission
Architect Tom Low, director of “new urbanist” firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co.’s Charlotte office, is the newest member of the city’s planning commission. Mayor Anthony Foxx's administration never issued a press release about the appointment, but a city spokesman said that's not unusual.
City’s $926M capital investment plan dead
Construction companies saw job opportunities vanish Monday night when the Charlotte City Council rejected a $926 million capital investment plan after failing to reach an agreement on the plan's size.
Charlotte City Council to take up natural area requirement again
The Charlotte City Council is expected to revisit a divisive proposal that would eliminate the natural area from the city’s Post Construction Controls Ordinance during its meeting Nov. 28. The […]
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