Toll road authority of the United States
Introduction North Carolina has more than 80,500 miles of state-owned highways, more than any other state besides Texas. Unlike Texas, which owns one-fourth of the 322,000 miles of roads in…
The Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund pay the transportation needs of North Carolina. For most of their existence, these funds also transferred money to the General Fund and paid…
The legislature is considering a 10-year ,$3 billion bond plan for road construction across the state. That is a lot of money, and voters (read: taxpayers) will not have a…
Don Carrington, executive editor of Carolina Journal, has an article out on the I-77 toll dispute. Because of the local impact, here’s the full text of it: RALEIGH — Even…
They have a new toll road up in Raleigh. And, it seems, the N.C. Turnpike Authority is pretty, er, aggressive in trying to collect even small amount — think less…
View in your browser. Last week we discussed Unemployment Insurance and the debt burden it is giving North Carolina. This week I want to discuss our state’s overall debt. Every…
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Sarah Okeson’s report on e-mail traffic that shows the role a judge and other elected officials played in the controversial Yadkin County jail…
As expected, the EPA has little use for the 22-mile Garden Parkway toll road the NC Turnpike Authority wants to build through Gaston County. And truth be told, that route…
The 21st Century Transportation Commission continued its study of transportation needs yesterday. After presentations from the NC Turnpike Authority, NCGO, the League of Municipalities, Association of County Commissioners and the…
File this in the “keep plugging away at it? folder, which is already bulging for free-marketeers here in North Carolina. Back in 1991, we commissioned one of the John Locke…