Showdown at Shutdown, Truckers to DC
Grassroots Americans have begun taking to the streets and overpass bridges to show their frustration over politicians’ and elected officials’ disregard for the Constitution. Some groups like Overpasses...
View ArticleNC: P3 Infrastructure Conference Exposes Government Self Interest
Charlotte, NC — Today (March 6) the East Coast P3 Conference wrapped up in downtown Charlotte. Sponsored by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, the event focused on how to build public projects via...
View ArticleNC: Private Toll Lanes on Interstate 77, a $1B Solution to a $100M Problem
The ten-mile stretch of Interstate 77 through the Lake Norman area north of Charlotte is among the most congested highways in North Carolina. Traffic routinely crawls in both directions several hours a...
View ArticleNCDOT’s Shady Toll Lanes Deal
Earlier this month the NCDOT announced the selection of the “best value proposer” to build and operate toll lanes along a stretch of Interstate 77 north of Charlotte. After a sixty day cooling off...
View ArticleNCDOT Toll Lanes Deal with Cintra Would Slam Commuters
In early April the NCDOT announced they had selected Cintra, a Spanish company, as the contractor for the I-77 toll lane project. As it turns out, the Cintra bid was the only one received. Under the...
View ArticlePublic-Private Partnerships Intertwined with Charlotte’s I-77 Toll Lanes Deal
Toll lanes may not be sexy political fare going into the dog days of summer, but they’ve become a heated issue in the Queen City. Some believe the future of North Carolina’s infrastructure hangs in the...
View ArticleWho’s NCDOT Trying to Kid on Personal Data Collection?
Original version posted at Widen I-77 on July 31, 2014. At our meeting last week we raised two issues regarding personal data. First was the breadth of information that could be collected, including...
View ArticleNC: Are Cintra Toll Lanes a Done Deal in Charlotte? (Commentary)
Things are beginning to get downright weird on the road to signing the final-final-we-really-mean-it -this-time contract with Cintra on the I77 HOT Lanes project. We’re not sure if this is a sign that...
View ArticleNCDOT Finds Money for Roads, But There’s a Catch (video)
Originally posted by Christian Hine at Pundit House on 9/24/2014. Common Americans United to Inspire Our Nation (CAUTION) welcomed Kurt Naas of WidenI77 to this past Monday’s meeting to give the...
View ArticleNorth Carolina ‘Road Needs’ Add Up to Nearly $70 Billion
“We have $70 billion in road needs and only $11 billion to pay the bill.” It’s a lament commonly used to justify toll lanes. We heard it at the candidate forum last week, and we’ll probably hear it at...
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