There is no free ride
I doubt very seriously that most of us will be willing to pay high-enough taxes or fees to close a $24-billion gap between planned highway projects and expected revenues.
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Category: Transportation
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State auditor says NCDOT has yet to develop trustworthy spending plan
The N.C. Department of Transportation continues to be under the watchful eye of the state auditor, who in a report released this week says that department failed to exceed its developed spending plan only by pure luck. The report from State Auditor Beth…
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Why we are losing the cyberwar
“The time has clearly come for the federal government to take on a larger role in the growing fight against cyber criminals.” This dangerous rhetoric comes from Rep. Deborah Ross’s July 16 opinion piece published by The Hill. Ross, a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and…
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N.C. fares well in new study comparing job growth to housing
North Carolina boasts three of the top four metro areas in a new national ranking comparing a decade’s worth of housing growth to job growth. California claims the three lowest rankings in the list compiled by the Manhattan Institute. Durham-Chapel Hill ranks No. 1 in the list of 20…
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Users should pay for highways
During the 1920s, North Carolina’s paved road mileage exploded by 92%. The commercial and social life of our state was radically transformed.
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User-fee principle should guide future N.C. transportation choices
A national expert offers five reasons to rely on fees to guide N.C. Department of Transportation decisions.
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Will hybrids drive the economy?
One recent study projects that home-based work will account for 20% of full workdays in the United States, up from 5% before the COVID crisis.
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Audit finds inaccuracies with NCDOT advance construction report
The state auditor said in an examination released Wednesday, May 26, that the N.C. Department of Transportation’s sloppy record keeping led to inaccurate reports on advance construction. That type of construction allows for road projects to be financed with federal highway…
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Energy leaders, experts say N.C. too reliant on Colonial, Transco pipelines
North Carolina remains vulnerable to fuel shortages because it’s too reliant on a pair of pipelines for gas and energy, industry leaders and experts told lawmakers. The point is made even more crucial because of a recent rise in both the number and sophistication of cyberattacks,…
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North Carolina running out of room to borrow for road projects
North Carolina may run out of room to borrow money for transportation projects in just a few years, according to a new report released this week by State Treasurer Dale Folwell. This puts in jeopardy the state’s Build NC Bonds, a…