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Foes of I-77 Toll Lanes Hopeful Of Victory In Senate

Opponents of the proposed high-occupancy-or-toll lane project along Interstate 77 sense a bit of momentum after a bill ordering the N.C. Department of Transportation to cancel the project’s contract overwhelmingly passed the House. Now they’re turning their focus on the state Senate. One opponent of the HOT lanes project, Sen. Jeff Tarte, R-Mecklenburg, point to...

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House Approves Bill to Cancel I-77 HOT Lane Project

UPDATE: The N.C. House voted, 81-27, to approve this measure Thursday. It now heads to the Senate. RALEIGH — Efforts to block the controversial high-occupancy or toll lanes on Interstate 77 in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties gained momentum on Wednesday as a bill to cancel the project cleared two committees. The House has scheduled a...

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HOT Lane Proposed For I-77 North of Charlotte

RALEIGH — Plans call for the state Department of Transportation to enter into a public-private partnership agreement with Cintra Infraestructuras, a company based in Madrid, Spain, that has experience building privately financed highways. The project would take the existing High Occupancy Vehicle lane and combine it with a newly constructed lane each way, converting them to High Occupancy and Toll lanes both northbound and southbound.

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