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Some North Carolinians are extremely proud of our freeway building standards (great roads to nowhere). This standard has reduced engine idle times and low fuel economy driving throughout the state. However, this type of funding formula came at a cost to some areas of the state. While the drive from Fayetteville to Clinton can be done in 30 minutes; the 3 mile drive in Mecklenburg county can sometimes take an hour. As a result, 99 counties in North Carolina are eligible for an emissions testing exemption and Mecklenburg is the only one that didn't qualify. This is PROOF that North Carolina's road funding formula hurts Charlotte the most.
Some North Carolinians are extremely proud of our freeway building standards (great roads to nowhere). This standard has reduced engine idle times and low fuel economy driving throughout the state. However, this type of funding formula came at a cost to some areas of the state. While the drive from Fayetteville to Clinton can be done in 30 minutes; the 3 mile drive in Mecklenburg county can sometimes take an hour. As a result, 99 counties in North Carolina are eligible for an emissions testing exemption and Mecklenburg is the only one that didn't qualify. This is PROOF that North Carolina's road funding formula hurts Charlotte the most.
Wait. This didn’t pass did it? I remember it being introduced a few weeks ago. The article is also a few weeks old. I, for one, don’t want a bunch of busted up jalopies spewing smoke all over the state. Safety inspections every other year? Get ready for your car insurance to go up when other drivers may or may not have working brakes.
Wait. This didn’t pass did it? I remember it being introduced a few weeks ago. The article is also a few weeks old. I, for one, don’t want a bunch of busted up jalopies spewing smoke all over the state. Safety inspections every other year? Get ready for your car insurance to go up when other drivers may or may not have working brakes.
Some North Carolinians are extremely proud of our freeway building standards (great roads to nowhere). This standard has reduced engine idle times and low fuel economy driving throughout the state. However, this type of funding formula came at a cost to some areas of the state. While the drive from Fayetteville to Clinton can be done in 30 minutes; the 3 mile drive in Mecklenburg county can sometimes take an hour. As a result, 99 counties in North Carolina are eligible for an emissions testing exemption and Mecklenburg is the only one that didn't qualify. This is PROOF that North Carolina's road funding formula hurts Charlotte the most.
Boy, someone must have not gotten a decent night's sleep.
The article says that Meck is almost at the threshold to end the emissions.
And your correlation doesn't even make sense.
If Meck got a lot more funding right now, where would these new roads be built?
The fact is that Meck has the most fabulous interstates with the most lights and the most concrete pavement of any area in the state. Raleigh's roads are falling apart as they neglect everything for years and years to construct a tolled outerloop section in Southern Wake.
There are some highway projects intended to bring jobs and industry to dying parts of the state.
3 million or more people live East of I-95, and Fayetteville plus its outskirts have about 1/2 a million people with highways also literally purposed to mobilize all of the military bases in Eastern NC in an emergency.
McCrory completely overhauled the funding allocation for highways.
Every project is scored based on the most benefit to the most people. That immediately helped all populated regions. Now only a small amount is equally dispersed to each of the 16 or so NCDOT divisions across the state, and a tiny amount goes into a loop fund to slowly bring loop highways to several smaller areas.
Wait. This didn’t pass did it? I remember it being introduced a few weeks ago. The article is also a few weeks old. I, for one, don’t want a bunch of busted up jalopies spewing smoke all over the state. Safety inspections every other year? Get ready for your car insurance to go up when other drivers may or may not have working brakes.
Many states do not have mandated safety or emissions inspections. Do they have any more traffic accidents than us? Safety and emissions inspections disproportionately hurt those who can least afford to be hurt.
Many states do not have mandated safety or emissions inspections. Do they have any more traffic accidents than us? Safety and emissions inspections disproportionately hurt those who can least afford to be hurt.
One could easily argue that low-income drivers are more likely to get their brakes fixed (every 2 to 3 years when needed) if they are not overburdened by the cost of the annual inspection
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