By Julie Havlak Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Lawmakers are trying to fix the Department of Transportation’s spending problems that triggered mass layoffs, project delays, and chaos in the transportation industry.  The department’s overspending exposed failures in oversight, both ...

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By Julie Havlak Carolina Journal News Service  Victims of the Map Act won their case in the N.C. Supreme Court this month, but their victory will put even more pressure on the cash-strapped N.C. Department of Transportation. Ted and Sarah ...

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By Julie Havlak and Kari Travis Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation overspent its budget by $742 million last year, a new state audit report shows. The DOT is in hot water over poor money ...

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By Julie Havlak Carolina Journal News Service Victims of the Map Act won their case in the N.C. Supreme Court this month, but their victory will put even more pressure on the cash-strapped N.C. Department of Transportation. Ted and Sarah ...

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By Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — State lawmakers will continue to consider mini-budgets. For now. A Senate vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto is still possible, but that probably won’t happen until the candidate filing period ...

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A pair of contracts awarded by the Department of Transportation will bring improvements to 65 miles of state roads in Mecklenburg and Union counties.  A $6 million contract includes milling, resurfacing, and shoulder reconstruction of 22 miles in Mecklenburg County, ...

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The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $7.2 million contract to improve traffic flow at the intersection of N.C. 16 and Mount Holly-Huntersville Road in Charlotte, featuring a design first for North Carolina – the continuous flow intersection, or ...

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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation will be playing a leading role in a new group set up to improve and standardize the nationwide drone industry. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has appointed NCDOT to ...

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The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings next month for projects to improve N.C. 73 between N.C. 16 in Lincoln County and Northcross Drive in Mecklenburg County, and to upgrade the Interstate 77/N.C. 73 interchange. The aim ...

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The N.C. Department of Transportation has opened bridges on South Polk Street in Pineville and Hucks Road in north Charlotte on Nov. 15 according to a press release. In Pineville, replacement of the South Polk Street bridge over Little Sugar ...

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