CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A state lawmaker has proposed the idea of requiring Charlotte and other cities that rejected a plan to widen I-77 South to reimburse NCDOT for $60 million that was spent on design.
A draft amendment to a massive catch-all bill is currently circulating at the General Assembly in Raleigh. The amendment, authored by NC Sen. Vickie Sawyer (Iredell County), targets local governments that backed out of the project.
Charlotte would end up paying the lion’s share.
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“I think what it comes down to is NCDOT is saying, look, we used taxpayer money from the gas tax people around the state paying their gas tax that goes into the highway fund. And then it got invested in bringing this project along,” said Charlotte Councilman Ed Driggs…