CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — With the I‑77 South Express Lanes project effectively dead, questions are mounting about what happens next — and whether toll lanes are the right solution for one of the region’s busiest corridors.
Drivers who travel north of Charlotte are already familiar with the interstate’s express lanes — and the debate surrounding them.
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Often, those toll lanes appear underused, even during heavy congestion in the adjacent general‑purpose lanes.
“If the P3 doesn’t work here, then why should we duplicate it in the south?” said Mike Osborne, Cornelius town commissioner and its representative on the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO)…