The Carolina Connector, a $272 million Edgecombe County transit hub for CSX railroad, would receive taxpayer subsidies from the state of North Carolina of at least $700,000 for each of the 149 jobs the rail project is projected to create — for jobs that are expected to pay an average of $64,000 per year. That’s...
Even though the administration of Gov. Pat McCrory has called the controversial proposal by CSX to build a railroad terminal in Johnston County near Selma “not viable,” the rail giant continues pursuing the project as one component of a larger plan to buy out entertainment attractions along the Interstate 95 corridor between Washington, D.C., and...
On Jan. 28, two days after a spokesman for Gov. Pat McCrory said a proposed 450-acre transit hub near Selma “does not appear to be a viable option,” a CSX rail official sent a letter to Johnston County landowner Chuck Warren stating the purchase agreement he had signed on Jan. 17, “is hereby terminated and...
Opposition by governor and local residents to project will not stop agency from ranking viability for state subsidies of rail hub near Selma.
RALEIGH — As county commissioners consider whether to put a “transit” tax — a half-cent sales tax increase — on this year's ballot to pay for the estimated $4.6 billion rail project, the railroad companies that must provide access to their lines haven’t signed off on the proposal.
