By Erica Batten. Imagine eating dinner at your favorite Chinese restaurant, opening the fortune cookie in hopes of a kernel of wisdom, and instead reading, “About time I got out of […]
March 10. By Dave Vieser. The Lake Norman Regional Transportation Commission met last night for the first time since three of the four member towns voted to pull out of the […]
March 10. With Cintra’s sale of an equity stake in the I-77 toll lane project and the recent bankruptcy of Cintra’s SR 130 toll road in Texas, Widen I-77 is […]
March 7. Widen I-77 will be present an analysis of the private tolling business model, including the planned I-77 project, this Thursday March 10 at Cornelius Town Hall. The presentation, […]
The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce will host an economic forecast luncheon Feb. 26 at NorthStone Country Club in Huntersville. The presentation will include an outlook from three regional economic […]
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 […]
Jan. 16. By Dave Vieser. With so much controversy around the I-77 toll lane project, one might have assumed that I-77 Mobility Partners and Cintra would have made every effort to get […]
Nov. 13. UPDATED. By Dave Yochum. Although four North Carolina legislators have called on the governor to exercise the termination provisions in NCDOT’s I-77 contract with Cintra, a Spanish company, […]
UPDATED 6:40 PM Nov. 9. NC Rep. Charles Jeter will convene an I-77 summit within the next 10 business days to hash out ways to fix the controversial toll plan. The divisive […]
Oct. 12. The Lake Norman Chamber is collecting relief supplies for victims of flooding in South Carolina. They are still in need of water, cleaning supplies (rubber gloves, trash bags, […]