Cornelius Mayor Chuck Travis said Tuesday that he will not resign his office, following a unanimous vote of no confidence and a resignation request from the town’s Board of Commissioners. The commissioners on Monday called an emergency meeting to vote ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Some North Carolina lawmakers are supporting efforts to cancel a much-criticized agreement with a private developer to build toll lanes along Interstate 77 north of Charlotte. The House Transportation and Appropriations committees on Wednesday moved to ...

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The president of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, who recently spoke in favor of the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s toll-lane project along Interstate 77, said the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last week of the developer’s sister company in ...

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Gov. Pat McCrory has ordered the North Carolina Department of Transportation to “reassess” its Interstate 77 toll-lane contract with a Spanish developer following a bankruptcy filing by a company subsidiary in Texas. SH130 Concessions Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The company that built and manages America’s fastest superhighway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors Wednesday. SH 130 Concession Co. filed its bankruptcy petition in federal court in Austin, Texas. It came amid ...

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A local opposition group seeking to halt the construction of toll lanes on Interstate 77 north of Uptown has sought to delay a scheduled hearing on its lawsuit this week. Widen I-77 says it wants to postpone further action until ...

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While the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization could waylay plans for the construction of toll roads on a 26-mile stretch of Interstate 77, such a move would have immense implications for other road projects in the region. That’s according to ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory wants Charlotte area transportation leaders to vote again on toll lanes proposed for Interstate 77. Local media outlets reported that the governor on Monday sent a letter to the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization asking ...

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Calling the installation of toll lanes on a 26 mile tract north of uptown a “quality of life issue for our residents,” the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce hosted a meeting Wednesday to update the local business community on the ...

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CORNELIUS, N.C. (AP) — Opponents of toll lanes proposed for Interstate 77 north of Charlotte want to weaken the city’s role on a regional transportation board. Multiple media outlets reported that opponents of the toll lanes met Monday in Cornelius ...

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