North Carolina will spend $3.2 billion on I-77 toll lanes from Charlotte to South Carolina. This marks the state’s costliest road work to date.
Workers will add two pay-to-use lanes in both directions on the 11-mile stretch between Brookshire Freeway and the state lines. “We’re really at the starting line to be able to move forward and implement the project,” Brett Canipe told the Charlotte Observer.
While $600 million sits ready, the state must find private firms to fund the remaining $2.6 billion. The hunt for qualified builders starts next August…