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Expresses Appreciation for DOT Collaboration
Published: Monday, January 23rd, 2023 @ 2:38 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Major Investment Comes From Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation Sen. Tillis Helped Author And Pass Into Law
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 11:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Mrs. Dorothy Woolard Alligood, age 93, a resident of Old Bath Highway, died Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home in Washington.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2022 @ 2:52 pm
By: Announcements
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Property owners in one of the few remaining rural areas of fast-growing Wake County are questioning plans to build a bypass for U.S. 401 that would dissect several long-time family farms.
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bipartisan bill seeks to help clean up roadways and prevent littering
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 12:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Major Freddy L. Johnson Jr. as the next Commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 2:58 pm
By: Governor's Office
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House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) on Tuesday introduced the Highway Cleanup Act (HB 100) to help address the growing litter problem across the state.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 12:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to remain lowered to half-staff until sunset Friday, April 3, 2020 in honor of State Highway Patrol Trooper Nolan J. Sanders
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 5:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The latest ratings of highway systems are out — and for North Carolina, the news is mixed. In general cost-effectiveness, our state’s roads and bridges rank a bit better than average.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 1:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper has signed the following bills into law:
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 9:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. House, as lawmakers began reviewing the budget May 1, supported a sprawling transportation budget, allocating $2.3 billion for North Carolina’s Highway Fund, and $1.6 billion for the state’s Highway Trust Fund for fiscal year 2019-20.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper today marked the beginning of the N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program "Booze It & Lose It" campaign at a kick-off event for Operation Firecracker at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 11:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today signed into law the Build NC Bond Act of 2018, a new financing tool sought by his administration to help expedite critical highway projects
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 6:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) was thrilled to announce a $147 million grant awarded to the North Carolina Department of Transportation for improvements to U.S. 70 (future I-42) and I-95 in the eastern part of the state - the largest infrastructure project in North Carolina
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 5:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Ford Porter, spokesman for Governor Cooper, released the following statement on the General Assembly's passage of SB 758, the Build NC Bond Act
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2018 @ 10:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Let's just be really clear about the Build NC Bonds proposal to borrow $3 billion for roads making its way, in different forms, through the North Carolina House and Senate: it's a bad idea
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: build nc bonds referendum highway fund general assembly state debt north carolina |
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Lowering of United States and North Carolina Flags in Honor of Surry County State Highway Patrol Trooper Samuel Newton Bullard
Published: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Federal Government funds around 20 percent of total infrastructure investment, not the 80 percent some critics claim.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 8:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Medicaid is the largest spending item of the roughly $53 billion flowing through state coffers this year, yet state policymakers have minimal control over the program
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: medicaid health and human services state highway trust fund |
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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 mystery shipwreck exhibited outside Nags Head Town Hall has a new sign thanks to East Carolina University art students
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 10:52 am
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) applauded President Donald J. Trump for his initiative to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and bring jobs back to America
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 3:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Peter is the Highway Trust Fund and Paul Any and Everything Else.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 7:38 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
Search Terms: politics highway trust fund misappropriation of funds gas sales tax |
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Even though we Georgians claim the Allman Brothers as our own, they actually did not settle in Georgia until after they were well on their way to stardom. Of course no good story stand on its own, they must be embellished with a bit of folklore.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2017 @ 12:57 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Col. Glenn McNeill was officially sworn in today as commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. McNeill, who has served with the organization since 1994, will be the 27th commander since the Patrol's inception in 1929
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 10:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
Search Terms: north carolina highway patrol glenn mcneill governor cooper erik hooks |
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Gov. Roy Cooper today appointed Glenn M. McNeill as the next Commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2017 @ 3:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the Federal Highway Administration has issued its approval for a new bypass on the southwest side of Havelock and U.S. 70
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2016 @ 1:51 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued final approval to move forward with construction of a new permanent bridge for N.C. 12 in northern Rodanthe on Thursday
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 3:22 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced that the Federal Highway Administration has today approved the state's application to add U.S. 264 between Zebulon and Greenville to the Interstate Highway System as Future Interstate 587
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 11:34 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Last week, Congressmen G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Walter Jones (NC-03) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx calling for the agency to approve North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) request to designate portions of U.S. Highway 264 as a Fut
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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
Search Terms: map act superior court department of transportation highway eminent domain north carolina |