Coastal Review Online 07.27.2012 Build It and They Will Come and Come and Come Topics: Coastal management, Northeast Coast, Transportation By Catherine Kozak Traffic can get heavy in the summer along the 11-mile section of beach leading to Carova. Some wonder what it would be like if a new bridge is built over Currituck Sound. […]
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Pending NC toll road projects less a sure thing By GARY D. ROBERTSON – Associated Press By GARY D. ROBERTSON Tags: NC Capitol Letter RALEIGH, N.C. — An unusual probe by North Carolina Republican legislators into edited state Department of Transportation letters on funding for two divisive toll projects raised howls among Democrats who believed […]
Modified Thu, Jun 28, 2012 04:05 AM Article By David Farren The News and Observer Tags: highway projects | General Assembly | Beverly Perdue Last week, reports in The N&O chronicled the theatrics over an altered letter to legislators using the borrowed electronic signature of the Department of Transportation’s chief operating officer. Dubbed by some […]
From the Beaufort Observer On-Line July 08, 2012 The following is a post on Truth or Dare blog that is reprinted here in its entirety here: Thanks to the efforts of Representative Bill Cook, the Hatteras and Knotts Island ferries will remain toll free. Rep. Cook, who is running […]
NC DOT letters inquiry heading to ethics panel The Associated Press Thursday, June 28, 2012 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Senate Republicans agreed Thursday to send the contents of its two-week investigation over edited letters to lawmakers attributed to a high-ranking state Department of Transportation official to the State Ethics Commission for further scrutiny. Member of […]
Carolina Journal News Reports Officials claim letter reversing department funding position was a mistake By Barry Smith Jun. 28th, 2012 RALEIGH – Sparks flew during a Wednesday Senate committee meeting after a top aide to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue said that he never intended to alter the opinion of a top Department of Transportation […]
Democrats protest Republican grilling of DOT employees over false letters Published Wed, Jun 27, 2012 01:46 PM Modified Wed, Jun 27, 2012 02:34 PM Bruce Siceloff – bsiceloff@newsobserver.com By Bruce Siceloff The News and Observer Tags: Jim Trogdon | Vicky Stanley | Susan Coward | NCDOT | toll roads | Sen. Martin Nesbitt | Sen. […]
N.C. Senate committee will hear from Perdue aide and DOT By Bruce Siceloff – bsiceloff@newsobserver.com By Bruce Siceloff The News and Observer Tags: Jim Trogdon | Sen. Tom Apodaca | Susan Coward | Kevin McLaughlin | Vicki Stanley | NCDOT | Garden Parkway | Mid-Currituck Bridge RALEIGH — A Senate committee will hear from three […]
White: Politics driving probe By Cindy Beamon The Daily Advance Tuesday, June 19, 2012 “Fraudulent” letters sent to the state Senate last week about the proposed Currituck Mid-County Bridge project may not be that inaccurate, say two local state lawmakers. The News & Observer reported Tuesday that several members of Gov. Bev Perdue’s staff had […]
Money for Currituck bridge shelved for another year Posted to: News Traffic – Transportation North Carolina By Jeff Hampton The Virginian-Pilot © June 23, 2012 The funding for North Carolina’s Currituck mid-county bridge has been once again bumped back a year by the General Assembly, raising concerns the project could be in trouble. The North […]
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