Davidson News
Davidson Home Transactions – February 2016
Davidson 11/17/15 $620,000 Michael & Natalie Clapp to Huaie Zbao & Xuchun Chen, 13515 Robert Walker Dr. 11/19/15 $354,000 True Homes to Amy & James Stokes, 20103 Verlaine Dr. 11/20/15 $325,000 Katherine Fassung to Michael & Danielle Angell, 525 Delburg St. 11/20/15 $450,000 Keith Bayless to Jennifer & Kenneth Joyner Jr., 17929 Pages Pond Ct. […]
Has spring sprung?
Feb 1. The warm temps over the weekend brought out people and blooms. These daffodils are blooming on Jetton Road right now. The weatherman says there’s plenty more warm weather in the forecast, with highs today near 66, 60 on Tuesday and 67 on Wednesday. Look for showers this afternoon, tomorrow and maybe a thunderstorm on Wednesday. Thursday, though, it gets cool again, partly […]
Cintra’s parent firm built Canadian bridge which buckled
Jan. 25. By Dave Vieser. A newly constructed two-lane bridge in northern Ontario, Canada, which split apart on January 10, was designed and built, in part, by Ferrovial, which owns Cintra, the company building the I-77 toll lanes. The damage to the Nipigon River Bridge, which carries traffic using the Trans Canadian Highway, was extensive enough […]
CRTPO vote galvanized LKN opposition to tolls
Jan. 22. You might call it Pyrrhic victory, one that causes as much harm to the winner as it does to those who appear to have been defeated. The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization did just as expected last night, voting 50-12, based on a weighted voting system, to approve the concept of managed lanes […]
LKN Chamber gala spoke volumes
There was a big turnout—200 people—for the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce annual gala Friday night at The Peninsula Club. What the attendees heard and saw was an apparently unified business organization ready to do battle with Gov. Pat McCrory and the Charlotte Chamber. RELATED: Powerpoint presentation on the Lake Norman Chamber’s 2015 awards Plenty happened Friday night: Outgoing […]
Charlotte Council, with some members agonizing, punts
Jan. 11. By Dave Yochum. UPDATED 10 AM TUESDAY. Councilwoman Vi Lyles has been directed to vote for the current I-77 toll plan and a managed lane strategy when the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization expresses its sentiments on the $650 million project at its Jan. 20 meeting. The Charlotte City Council, which controls 46 percent of […]
Cintra announces new LKN egress points; key vote is tonight
Jan. 11. Just in time for what may be a pivotal meeting of the Charlotte City Council tonight, I-77 Mobility Partners has announced plans to add new entrance and exit points at Exit 23 and Exit 25 in Huntersville and Exit 28 in Cornelius. RELATED: Judge Smith rules against anti-toll group; battle moves to CRTPO […]
Judge Smith rules against anti-toll group; battle moves to CRTPO
Jan. 8. By Dave Yochum. Judge Osmond Smith has ruled in favor of I-77 Mobility Partners and NCDOT in the WidenI-77 lawsuit. Saying it is a policy decision from the legislature, and that tolls on I-77 are not unconstitutional, the judge said different people may have different views about the project. It means the matter […]
Pioneer Springs Community School to host campus tour
Dec. 31. Pioneer Springs Community School will hold an information session followed by a tour of the historic campus at 10 a.m. Jan. 16 at the Davis House on Bob Beatty Road in Charlotte. The holistic, nature-based public charter school is located in the National Register’s Historic Croft District, with campus facilities dating to 1890 and […]
Fire hits Jay’s At The Lake
Dec. 30. A fire during this morning’s storm caused some damage at Jay’s At The Lake, a mainstay for the late-night crowd on Old Statesville Road/Hwy. 21, just south of Westmoreland Road. No one was injured. Cornelius-Lemley Fire Chief Neal Smith said seven units responded, including crews from Huntersville and Davidson. The chief said a […]
