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LKN Regional Transportation Commission rear-ended by Commissioner Dave Gilroy
By Dave Vieser. At the Cornelius Town Board Meeting of April 20, all of the commissioners, including veteran Commissioner Dave Gilroy, unanimously approved a five-year contract renewal between the town and the Lake Norman Regional Transportation Commission (LNTC). The agreement called for the town to give LNTC $21,000 annually in order to help the commission address, […]
Jetton Road at Old Jetton has a bad left-hand punch
By Dave Yochum. Jetton Road—recently rebuilt from the ground up and restriped—may be in for some changes. The thoroughfare is popular with recreational cyclists and joggers, but there’s ongoing discussion on how to make it safe. Speaking at a Cornelius Town Board meeting in June, residents Bob Watson and Robbie Lowrance said the intersection of Old […]
Leadership in I-77 opinion battle coming from citizens, companies
“You know, I would actually love to have Jim back. I personally think his contribution to avoiding the tolls could have been similar to the impact he had on Reval. We desperately needed the famous ‘Jim touch’ at NCDOT/CRTPO in recent months/years.” —Corenlius Commissoner Dave Gilroy on former colleague Jim Bensman Former Town Commissioner Jim […]
Cornelius: The $5 billion town
By Dave Vieser. The Town of Cornelius has a new $19.7 million budget, 7 percent larger than this past year, but the tax rate stays the same, thanks to a growing tax base. Indeed, the town’s total assessed value will exceed $5 billion in the coming year. The Town Board passed the budget unanimously Monday, and commended […]
Cornelius to NCDOT: Tear Down This Contract
June 2. By Dave Vieser. The Cornelius Town Board unanimously passed a strongly worded resolution calling on the NCDOT to terminate its contract with Spanish based Cintra/I-77 Mobility Partners to build toll lanes on I-77. The board also said it would consider joining the lawsuit filed by Widen I-77 seeking to halt the toll lanes planned […]
Naas, Widen I-77 on Monday night Town Board agenda
May 29. UPDATE. You might call it a sea change—a broad transformation—that is under way at the upper levels of Cornelius power: Kurt Naas and the Widen I-77 lawsuit against the toll lanes is now on the agenda for discussion at Monday night’s Town Board meeting. Naas will have 30 minutes to outline the suit which seeks […]
Tarte, Bradford look for support to ditch tolls
May 28. By Dave Yochum. Speaking at the “Emergency Call to Action” for Lake Norman business owners, UNC-Charlotte Professor Emeritus David Hartgen said plans to widen I-77 with tolls will have dire effects on traffic both on and around 77. “Your local streets are going to be crammed full. The congestion on the feeder roads and the parallel […]
‘Emergency Call to Action’ on tolls comes from business leaders, not LKN Chamber
ANALYSIS. May 26. An “I-77 Business Transportation Summit” will be held at Michael Waltrip Racing at 4 pm Thursday. The hosts are power brokers in the Lake Norman business, tourism and economic scene: Larry Johns, chief financial officer of Michael Waltrip Racing in Cornelius, and Richard Zulman, CEO of BestCo, formerly BestSweet, a major employer in Mooresville.The business leaders are […]
Top business leaders signing anti-toll petition
May 21. Amidst the backdrop of the Exit 28 Ridiculousness Facebook page whose profile picture is “Cintra Sucks Money Out Of The Local Economy,” more local business leaders are starting to speak out on their own, independent of any chamber of commerce. Indeed, a petition calling for an independent review of the now-signed 50-year deal […]
I-77 Bonds, Toll Lanes and Unwilling Customers
Below is an e-mail from Vince Winegardner: Please forward to business owner and others who need to take action – Everyone in Lake Norman! ACTION NEEDED BY YOU. PLEASE REVIEW THIS INFORMATION AND CONTACT GOVERNOR McCRORY BY TUESDAY AND TELL HIM “NO TO TOLLS ON I77!” CONTACT INFO IS LISTED BELOW. Dear Northcross Master Association Business and […]
