Mobility, yes (News and Observer)
One of the biggest problems in North Carolina’s highway system is on the road to a solution. But there’s another big problem right on its doorstep, and an even larger one lurking outside.
The first problem is the grossly inadequate Yadkin River bridge on Interstate 85 in Davidson and Rowan counties. The […]
Mobility fund (Winston Salem Journal Editorial)
North Carolinians must pay higher taxes and transportation-related fees if they want highways and mass-transit systems that work effectively in the future.
Put aside all of the generalities about “tax-and-spend,” “fraud and waste,” and “no new taxes,” and look at reality: North Carolina’s roads are in bad shape and getting worse. […]
You wanted another round of TIGER grants, we’ve got another round of TIGER grants (US DOT)
We’re calling it “Tiger II,” and the application period is open!
If you’ve been following DOT news, you know that I’m talking about the next round of our wildly successful Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery discretionary grant program. Funds […]
Editorial: Fix the current highway fund (Greensboro News and Record)
Gov. Bev Perdue’s administration keeps working on new ideas to meet state transportation needs.
Some are better than others.
The latest proposal calls for creating a Mobility Fund, a pool of money to pay for big maintenance projects — such as replacing the Yadkin River bridges on […]
Editorial: Mobility Fund still has life (Salisbury Post)
Mayors from around the state flanked Gov. Beverly Perdue last week as she urged state House members to help create the Mobility Fund to pay for major road projects, starting with the I-85 bridge over the Yadkin Bridge.
Missing were the mayors of Salisbury and Lexington, the cities […]
Ferry tolls likely to rise (News and Observer)
Tolls paid by ferry riders cover less than 6 percent of operating costs for the State Ferry Division, and House budget writers want that figure to rise to 100 percent.
“We agree that the ferries are a crucial part of the state’s transportation system,” said Rep. Grier Martin of […]
Mayors back governor’s plan for new roads fund (WFAE)
Governor Perdue and members of the NC Metropolitan Mayors Coalition held a rally today in support of a new plan to deal with road problems. The money would come from drivers paying more at the DMV, and that has state lawmakers stepping on the brakes.
Governor Perdue’s proposal […]
Hunter Bacot’s presentation on the political landscape in North Carolina going into the fall 2010 election season. Presented at the NC Chamber’s Governmental Affairs Conference.
Cooper lends support to collecting DNA at arrest (News and Observer)
Attorney General Roy Cooper says collecting DNA from suspects when they are arrested for felonies would save lives and prevent sexual assaults from ever happening.
“It’s something we must do to protect the public,” Cooper told a House committee Tuesday morning.
The committee is considering […]
Mobility Fund DOA in House? (Progressive Pulse)
Posted at 6:06 PM by Stephen Jackson
Representative Nelson Cole, House Transportation Appropriations Sub-committee Co-chair said in a meeting of that sub-committee today that, ‘Now is not the time to burden our citizens with more taxes.” He intonated that this was a feeling shared by a senior Appropriations chair.
This […]
