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In February, Gov. Bev Perdue pledged that construction on the last leg of Charlotte's outerbelt would begin this year. But since then, the DOT has offered no plan to pay for the $220 million, 5-mile segment.
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Conti said that construction bids from stimulus dollars are coming in 15 to 20 percent below budget, and he suggested those savings could be dedicated toward the outerbelt.
The problem is that the DOT has said those stimulus funds must be directed throughout the state, by the equity formula. Not only would other N.C. regions be reluctant to send their stimulus dollars to Charlotte, the DOT has said state law forbids it.
There goes Ms. Purdue lying again! I'm a Democrat and I didn't vote for this liar. Im not sure Pat McCrory would've been any better, but I know that she's a liar who pretty much rode Obama's coattails, that's how she got elected. Why should Charlotte have to sacrifice Independence just to get 485 completed? I don't see them sacrificing any of those Road-to-Nowhere projects down east, like that stupid Fayetteville loop that is totally not needed and is a waste of a project, just so NCDOT Head Lyndo Tippett can bring a porkbarrel project to his hometown. Bev Purdue is nothing more than a byproduct of that corrupt Down East Democratic machine that is for the people Down East and by the people Down East, and is not representative of the rest of NC. Charlotte and everyone else west of Raleigh deserve better than this hack!
There goes Ms. Purdue lying again! I'm a Democrat and I didn't vote for this liar. Im not sure Pat McCrory would've been any better, but I know that she's a liar who pretty much rode Obama's coattails, that's how she got elected. Why should Charlotte have to sacrifice Independence just to get 485 completed? I don't see them sacrificing any of those Road-to-Nowhere projects down east, like that stupid Fayetteville loop that is totally not needed and is a waste of a project, just so NCDOT Head Lyndo Tippett can bring a porkbarrel project to his hometown. Bev Purdue is nothing more than a byproduct of that corrupt Down East Democratic machine that is for the people Down East and by the people Down East, and is not representative of the rest of NC. Charlotte and everyone else west of Raleigh deserve better than this hack!
ITA, and I really think so many people are uninformed when they vote...they see Bev Perdue..Oh! She's a Dem! She must be good, cuz George Bush is a Republican and he is bad, bad, bad, (and everyone knows we need CHANGE!) so I think that means I should vote Democratic (and that is how a lot of ppl voted, I'm sure of it!). 'K sounds good.
There's an argument to be made for the Fayetteville loop involving national security. Getting military supplies from Ft. Bragg to an interstate without having to go through stoplight-clogged Bragg Boulevard. With the BRAC re-alignment, you're going to see the population explode there overnight.
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There goes Ms. Purdue lying again! I'm a Democrat and I didn't vote for this liar. Im not sure Pat McCrory would've been any better, but I know that she's a liar who pretty much rode Obama's coattails, that's how she got elected. Why should Charlotte have to sacrifice Independence just to get 485 completed? I don't see them sacrificing any of those Road-to-Nowhere projects down east, like that stupid Fayetteville loop that is totally not needed and is a waste of a project, just so NCDOT Head Lyndo Tippett can bring a porkbarrel project to his hometown. Bev Purdue is nothing more than a byproduct of that corrupt Down East Democratic machine that is for the people Down East and by the people Down East, and is not representative of the rest of NC. Charlotte and everyone else west of Raleigh deserve better than this hack!
There's an argument to be made for the Fayetteville loop involving national security. Getting military supplies from Ft. Bragg to an interstate without having to go through stoplight-clogged Bragg Boulevard. With the BRAC re-alignment, you're going to see the population explode there overnight.
We were so happy to leave Charlotte because of their missuse of tax money. If they would take the money they spend for studies and put it on their roads, they would have the best roads in not only the state, but the nation. Charlotte's biggest problem is its government and lack of common sense. They have been the richest but too much money has been spent trying to look good and too little spent getting that way.
Then you have the people paying for a place for basketball to be played and as soon as the team left, the building came down. That is just one of the examples of waste. It was a constant thing and we got tired of paying for it. Maybe the state of North Carolina gets tired of throwing money away in Charlotte too. North Carolina is not the problem, the stupidity of Charlotte government is the problem and only the people can get together and work to make it better, but half the citizens are too busy trying to take advantage of the other half.
Now do you want to guess why North Carolina did not choose the Charlotte mayor as governor. I wouldn't hold my breath thinking that any anyone from Charlotte will be elected for any state office. Most of the people of North Carolina do not like Charlotte style politics.
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Not surprised at all.
