Tholl Roads. Jeff Tharte. (Thurn off the camera, Nicole.)
Oh, how things change in a year. In June 2014, senator Jeff Tarte was not interested in delaying the I-77 toll / HOT lane project in northern Mecklenburg County. In
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I-77 toll fight heads BACK to Raleigh
The plan to construct toll lanes on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County stirred up quite a fuss during the 2014 campaign season. Then-speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory —
Continue reading#ncga: How to deal with road construction $$$ “woes”? STOP ROBBING THE HIGHWAY FUND.
Some of the honorables on Jones Street — aided and abetted by the drive by media — are still pushing that myth about how cash-starved the state is for road
Continue reading‘The hard toll of easy guns’
*SIGH*. That’s the headline of the N&O op-ed that is being echoed and cheered by Blinkin’ Chris and his comrades at Goodmon, Inc. Rush Limbaugh used to have an “SUV
Continue readingHere, Charlotte. Have some MORE tolls!
The folks in North Mecklenburg County protesting tolls have been dismissed by establishment types for allegedly getting upset over a one-time thing. Well, surprise, surprise. Charlotte and Mecklenburg County are
Continue reading#ncpol: Texas toll experience shoots holes in #ncga, McCrory admin spin
The day after the election, a Charlotte TV station went down to Texas to check out a toll project run by the same Spanish firm slated to take over the
Continue reading#ncga: Rep. Moffitt says I-77 toll contracts “can be cancelled out”
Gov. Pat McCrory and Senate nominee Thom Tillis and state House president pro tem Skip Stam have all told us to BEND OVER and wait for those toll roads. They’re
Continue readingNC STILL paying through the nose for gas. (But there’s NO MONEY for roads?)
Thom Tillis and Skip Stam are pushing for toll roads and lanes throughout the state — claiming that those concepts are the only way to pay for road construction and
Continue readingBribes for Tolls?
There’s been quite a public uproar about toll roads being established in the Charlotte area. Yet, government officials in the areas most affected by the proposed tolls are enthusiastically backing
Continue readingThom Thillis Tholl Roads whipping up quite a thempest among Mecklenburg pols
We’ve written extensively about the controversy surrounding the hiring of a Spanish contractor to “manage” lanes on the soon-to-be widened section of I-77 in Northern Mecklenburg County. State House speaker
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