06/11/13
RALEIGH — State leaders are moving fast on a sweeping new transportation spending formula that will make it easier to find money for strategically important highway and freight railroad projects – and almost impossible to find money for passenger trains, sidewalks, bicycles and regional transit.
(Read More)06/05/13
Gov. Pat McCrory has the opportunity to chart a new course for North Carolina. With Republicans in full control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, there is much from his agenda that he can accomplish. There are also initiatives he can accomplish and promises he can keep without their help.
(Read More)05/31/13
There is a growing debate in North Carolina about who should pay for certain transportation facilities. Downeast the issue is focused on ferries. Should the existing ferries be supported by gasoline taxes or should those who use the ferries pay higher tolls?
(Read More)05/30/13
What's this about Republicans trying to raise taxes, ah, make that tolls?
(Read More)05/29/13
A bill halfway through the North Carolina statehouse would authorize tolls to be applied to existing roadways such as Interstate 95, as long as the number of free lanes isn’t affected.
(Read More)05/27/13
North Carolina lawmakers continue to nibble around the edges of a major funding issue that begs for an extended discussion and a tough solution: How should the state pay for highway maintenance?
(Read More)05/25/13
This article is about tolling Interstate 95 from South Carolina to Virginia. I-95 tolling is not a new topic as it was under heavy discussion long before I left the General Assembly in 2010. There is no one perfect solution to the issue. Yet something must be done. Doing nothing and allowing I-95 to remain a four-lane interstate is not a real option, therefore I will not discuss that any further.
(Read More)05/23/13
A piece of legislation that would prohibit tolling of existing Interstate lanes in North Carolina is halfway to the governor’s desk, as the state’s House of Representatives passed the bill 108-7 earlier this week.
(Read More)05/21/13
The North Carolina House and a Virginia court are getting in the way of plans to convert Interstate 95 into a toll road.
(Read More)05/20/13
Lawmakers in the North Carolina House have voted to allow tolls for I-95, but only for any new lanes that are built.
(Read More)05/19/13
LUMBERTON — State Rep. Charles Graham says he is not going to support any proposal that would require Robeson County residents to pay tolls to use Interstate 95 — no matter how minimal they might be.
(Read More)05/17/13
The North Carolina House voted unanimously to ban tolls on any existing interstate highway, which would end the state’s plan to toll Interstate 95.
(Read More)04/05/13
While it might be a tad premature to say the proposal to toll Interstate 95 is dead, state Sen. Buck Newton said this week the plan appears to be on life support.
(Read More)04/02/13
The battle against tolling proposals in North Carolina is being waged on many fronts.
Earlier this month, four state lawmakers filed a bill to prevent tolls from being levied on existing interstates unless OK’d by the North Carolina General Assembly in addition to the required permission from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
(Read More)04/01/13
It appears that the opponents of Virginia’s plan to put tolls on Interstate 95 have won the battle, and we’re glad to hear it.
(Read More)03/25/13
After more than a year of protests over the prospects of tolling to pay for much needed improvements to Interstate 95, the conversation has turned in a more positive direction.
(Read More)03/10/13
N.C. Sen. Buck Newton and Rep. Jeff Collins each filed a bill last week designed to block the tolling of Interstate 95.
(Read More)03/03/13
State leaders are moving away from a proposal to toll Interstate 95 as they undertake a 25-year comprehensive study of the state’s transportation needs.
(Read More)02/19/13
A coalition of business owners who are staunchly opposed to the concept of tolling Interstate 95 are confident they have the N.C. General Assembly on their side.
(Read More)10/08/12
While prospects for operation of more North Carolina toll roads are rightly dimming, the N.C. Department of Transportation is about to waste another $1.6 million assessing the economic impact of tolls on Interstate 95.
(Read More)08/05/12
In keeping with their goals to stop proposed tolling on Interstate 95, leaders of the No Tolls I-95 Coalition recently met with Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez in Washington.
(Read More)06/07/12
RALEIGH - The prospect of paying $20 tolls to drive Interstate 95 through North Carolina has brought potentially fatal opposition to the idea from state and federal lawmakers.
(Read More)05/30/12
RALEIGH — Legislators on both sides of the aisle, and both sides of Interstate 95, are throwing roadblocks in front of a thoroughly unpopular proposal from the state Department of Transportation to finance a $4.4 billion widening project by collecting tolls from I-95 drivers.
(Read More)05/11/12
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-Wilson, introduced H.R. 5713, the Talk Before You Toll Act of 2012, which would ensure the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration fully consider public opposition to tolling of Interstate 95 in North Carolina.
(Read More)05/07/12
05/04/12
U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-Wilson, unveiled a new bill today “The Talk Before You Toll Act of 2012” before members of the No Tolls on Interstate 95 Coalition.
(Read More)05/04/12
Congressman G.K. Butterfield said he would introduce a bill called Talk Before You Toll.
(Read More)04/18/12
SMITHFIELD — Opponents of tolling Interstate 95 view the idea as leading to double taxation and increasing the cost of travel for North Carolinians already paying the sixth highest gas tax in the nation.
(Read More)04/17/12
SMITHFIELD, NC -- The number of residents who oppose putting tolls on Interstate 95 is growing.
(Read More)04/16/12
WASHINGTON — The federal interstate highway system is showing its age, and, faced with the cost of repairing all those bumps and cracks, some states want to ask motorists to pay tolls on roads that used to be free.
(Read More)05/09/13
RALEIGH – The No Tolls I-95 Coalition, a grassroots organization opposed to recent proposals to place tolls on Interstate 95 (I-95), commends the North Carolina House of Representatives Transportation Committee for passing legislation that limits
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