Representatives from the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) have announced the launch of ‘Beyond 77’ a new study aimed at developing alternative transportation options for those who travel the I-77 corridor from Statesville, North Carolina to Rock Hill, South Carolina. ...

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Gov. Pat McCrory faced sharp criticism from state Attorney General Roy Cooper on taxes, education and McCrory’s support of HB2, during a wide-ranging debate hosted by the North Carolina Bar Association in Charlotte last week. Cooper, a Democrat who hopes ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A two-year project to widen 7 miles of Interstate 77 north of Columbia is getting ready to begin. The South Carolina Department of Transportation said construction on the $88 million project will begin Monday and is ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A Charlotte transportation panel has endorsed the plan to add toll lanes to Interstate 77. Multiple media outlets reported that the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization voted 54-10 for a plan including the toll lanes, despite ...

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Local and state transportation officials advanced the cause for adding 26 miles of toll roads along Interstate 77 at a Friday luncheon sponsored by the Charlotte Chamber. Some 50 attendees came to the event, dubbed “Toll Lanes on Charlotte Highways: ...

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Editor’s note: The original story erroneously reported that $168 million was set aside for widening Interstate 77 north of Charlotte. A corrected version appears below. STATESVILLE — The upgrade of the interchange between Interstate 40 and Interstate 77 in Iredell ...

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For the second time in a little over two months, tempers left over from November’s elections boiled over during an otherwise cordial Huntersville Board of Commissioners meeting. At a Feb. 3 meeting, freshman Commissioner Rob Kidwell called for the approval ...

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Duke Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Charlotte-based Duke Energy, revealed Tuesday that the company has selected a 162-acre site in York, S.C., to prepare for possible future industrial development.

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Virginia Tech researchers are conducting a study aimed at reducing accidents on a fog-prone stretch of Interstate 77.

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It will take longer to build the new, $3.5 million diverging diamond interchange carrying Catawba Avenue over Interstate 77 at exit 28 -- two years -- but construction will also be less likely to disrupt traffic because most of the work will be limited to night.

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