State budget picture brightens a bit (WRAL.com)
Posted: 2:19 p.m. Monday
Raleigh, N.C. — The state budget won’t be in such bad shape in the coming year, after all, a fiscal analyst told lawmakers Monday.
The latest projections call for a budget deficit of $787.9 million for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which begins in July, Barry […]
Charlotte drivers plead: Let N.C. road money follow the population (Charlotte Observer)
As congestion mounts, lawmakers say it’s time to look at allocation system
By Mark Johnson and Bruce Siceloff
mjohnson@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Sunday, Mar. 28, 2010
Many Charlotteans stuck in traffic snarls, such as the daily bottleneck on south Charlotte’s still-unwidened stretch of Interstate 485, say they’re getting shortchanged.
They insist […]
NC20 group takes on Eastern N.C. issues (New Bern Sun Journal)
March 31, 2010 11:15 PM
Sue Book
About 100 members of the NC20 Association, an Eastern North Carolina group organized a year ago to speak with one voice in Raleigh, were singing the same song at their annual meeting here Wednesday.
Those attending the nearly all-day […]
Four-laning funds halfway there (Washington Daily News)
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton addresses members of the Highway 17 Association at its annual meeting Tuesday at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center
By GREG KATSKI
Community Editor
Published: Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:17 AM EDT
NEW BERN — The Highway 17 Association still has work to do.
During the association’s annual meeting […]
Funding formula change might delay road work for Southeastern N.C. (Wilmington Star News)
Local transportation planners oppose changes to state equity formula
By Patrick Gannon
Patrick.Gannon@StarNewsOnline.com
Published: Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 3:30 a.m.
Proposed changes to the state’s transportation-funding formula might jeopardize new road projects on the coast, while benefitting larger metropolitan areas such as Charlotte and Raleigh, […]
Editorial – State’s major metro areas should not be allowed to hog road funding (Wilmington Star News)
Published: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 3:30 a.m.
Well, of course North Carolina’s largest cities want the funding formula for roads changed. By distributing construction dollars on population alone, they would get a bigger share of transportation dollars than […]
Improving State’s Equity Formula (FOX Charlotte)
Brien Blakely
Story Created: Apr 7, 2010 at 12:11 AM EDT
Story Updated: Apr 7, 2010 at 12:11 AM EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It’s called the Equity Formula, where state transportation money is distributed to equally among all 100 counties.
But, people in Charlotte have been complaining for years that it […]
N.C. Transportation System Needs Better Project Selection Process (John Locke Foundation)
JLF expert offers advice during legislative hearing
By CJ Staff
April 06, 2010
RALEIGH — A better project selection process is more important than new funding sources in addressing North Carolina’s transportation needs. The John Locke Foundation’s top budget expert will deliver that message today in testimony to […]
A Formula for Roads (John Locke Foundation)
By John Hood
April 08, 2010
RALEIGH – If North Carolina lawmakers continue to eye the state transportation budget like greedy kids spying a basket of candy, they’ll continue to grab and squabble. As JLF adjunct policy analyst Dave Hartgen observes in a new Spotlight briefing paper, policymakers need to look […]
Equity formula: the eye of the beholder (News and Observer)
Submitted by BruceSiceloff on 03/02/2010 – 10:05
A joint committee of House and Senate members is soliciting public comment on the “equity formula” set up by the legislature in 1989 to guide the distribution of most state and federal road-building money.
Is it equitable? Generally, urban […]
