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NCDOT: State Faces $60 Billion Transportation Funding Gap

Transportation planners on Monday told a House committee that the cumulative gap between anticipated revenues and projected spending through 2040 would be about $60 billion. N.C. Department of Transportation planners Burt Tasaico and Patrick Norman told the House Select Committee on Strategic Transportation and Long-Term Funding Solutions that the state population is expected to grow...

Barry Smith
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GOP Candidates in Senate District 44 Talk Jobs and Economic Growth

RALEIGH — The newly drawn 44th District is a solid GOP district. The majority of voters in the district — 56 percent — reside in Iredell County, with 39 percent living in Lincoln County and the remaining 5 percent living in Gaston County.

Barry Smith
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Republicans Split on Rail Bill

RALEIGH — Republicans in a House committee split on whether to take more control over the Department of Transportation’s future efforts to build commuter rail across the state. Rep. Ric Killian, R-Mecklenburg, has been working to stop commuter upgrades to the tracks, but he’s faced stiff opposition.

Anthony Greco

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