Opponents of the controversial Interstate 77 tolling project in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties are taking one more crack at killing the project. Mecklenburg County state Reps. Chaz Beasley (a Democrat) and John Bradford (a Republican) have filed House Bill 266, a measure that would kill the contract between the N.C. Department of Transportation and I-77...
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LAGRANGE — Dan Wise says nobody has been killed at the intersection on U.S. 70 near his business since the N.C. Department of Transportation restricted turns there a couple of years ago. For that reason, he doesn’t complain about the inconvenience.
