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Lawmakers blasted the N.C. Department of Transportation for careless overspending, suggesting the DOT is using the coronavirus to “cover up” irresponsible cash management.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 3:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Road construction will begin to ramp up again early next year, but contractors say they will suffer in the meantime.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 8:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On a Tuesday in June, mothers who lost children to distracted driving took a minute to speak.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 @ 3:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Department of Transportation doesn’t have enough debt space to borrow the full $3 billion for local road and bridge construction promised in the Build NC Bond Act of 2018.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 9:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It's time to pay up, a Superior Court judge told the N.C. Department of Transportation last week after issuing another order in a longstanding fight over the Map Act
Published: Friday, March 9th, 2018 @ 9:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A $55.7 million expansion by the N.C. Global TransPark's anchor tenant would bring that company's total investment to less than half of what then-Gov. Mike Easley promised in 2008
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2017 @ 4:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While state officials say they are not aware that CSX has changed its plans to build a $272 million rail hub in Edgecombe County, a company spokesman says new leaders at the rail giant are reviewing all planned projects
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 @ 4:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Superior Court judge has set a timetable for the N.C. Department of Transportation to complete appraisals and begin making deposits to property owners within highway corridors under the state's Map Act.
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 @ 11:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court on Friday handed hundreds of property owners in highway corridors a victory by ruling unanimously that restrictions placed on landowners by the state's Map Act amounted to a use of eminent domain requiring just compensation
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 8:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even though Gov. Pat McCrory has said the tolling project along the Interstate 77 corridor north of Charlotte will go forward, it faces a challenge to its constitutionality, as well as allegations the contractor did not meet full-disclosure requirements.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 4:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Out-of-state college students wishing to vote in North Carolina elections should find it relatively easy to get a state-issued photo identification card that will be necessary to cast a ballot under the new voter ID system.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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