Panel slot ‘can’t hurt’ (Womble Committee Appointment on NCBOT) (Winston Salem Journal)
It’s not a magic bullet, but it can’t hurt.
That’s what some transportation insiders are saying in light of Ralph Womble’s recent appointment as chairman of a state highway subcommittee dealing with traffic improvements.
Womble is the area’s representative on the N.C. Board of […]
Conti: Garden Parkway still on table (Charlotte Observer)
The state’s top road-building official said today that the federal government will decide in two or three months whether Gaston County’s Garden Parkway can be built, and that construction on the toll road could begin in a year.
N.C. Transportation Secretary Gene Conti said at the Regional Roads Conference […]
If voters approve, streets would get bulk of Charlotte bond money (Charlotte Observer)
Despite the recession, the city of Charlotte will ask voters to approve $204 million in bonds on Nov. 2, mostly for transportation.
The city said it has already budgeted money to pay for the debt, and that the property tax rate won’t increase to […]
Seattle may create transportation taxing district (Seattle Times)
Facing a long list of pricey transportation projects, the Seattle City Council may create a new citywide transportation taxing district that could lead to higher property and sales taxes, higher car-tab fees and someday maybe even local toll roads.
The new taxing district, which would follow city boundary lines, […]
Two Promising New Proposals For Solving the Fiscal Shortfall (Innovation News Briefs)
Two new attempts to redefine the federal responsibility for surface transportation are attracting growing attention and provoking lively discussion within the transportation community. Both proposals stem from a conclusion that the obstacles standing in the way of enacting a new multi-year federal surface transportation […]
Thousands Seek Aid from DOT’s 2010 Grant Pool (Journal of Commerce)
Initial requests for piece of $600 million fund top $20 billion
A Department of Transportation discretionary grant pool for 2010 awards drew thousands of pre-applications seeking tens of billions of dollars to aid infrastructure projects, from a “TIGER II” fund that has $600 million to […]
Road funding emerges as campaign issue in Idaho governor’s race (Times News)
In 2009, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s quest for roads funding led to near-gridlock in the Legislature.
One year later, it’s emerged as a key issue debated by both Otter and his Democratic challenger in the November election, Keith Allred. As campaign season hits its stride, […]
Some state road projects lose out under new funding formula (WRAL.com)
Raleigh, N.C. — Removing politics from state road projects means that some projects have been dropped from North Carolina’s priority list under a new funding formula.
The state Department of Transportation has identified the need for 1,100 road and bridge projects over the next decade. The […]
Change in ARC funding formula bodes well for WNC (Asheville Citizen Times)
For too much of our history, Western North Carolina and the rest of the Appalachian region has been the lost land where you couldn’t get there from here.
Now thanks to long overdue action by our General Assembly, WNC may at long last receive all […]
Urban loops (Jim Trogdon Ltr to Editor) (Winston Salem Journal)
I’m writing to clarify information regarding NCDOT’s ranking of urban loops (“Beltway betrayal,” Aug. 1).
There are 25 urban loop projects in North Carolina that are candidates for funding from the state. The total cost of all those projects is $8 billion, but the state has […]
