I-77 Toll Lanes

The back-and-forth over I-77 toll lanes continues, street vending in NoDa is now illegal, Birkdale Village in Huntersville faces new restrictions after a disturbance involving hundreds of young people, and Charlotte FC is kicking off a new season.

A majority of Charlotte City Council members say they want the North Carolina Department of Transportation to pause planning work for the Interstate 77 express toll lanes from uptown to the South Carolina line.

The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to build express toll lanes on Interstate 77 from uptown to the South Carolina line.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation plans to build two express toll lanes in each direction on Interstate 77.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation held two public meetings this week about its plan to rebuild Interstate 77 from uptown to the South Carolina line. The $3.2 billion project will be the biggest public works project Charlotte has seen.

The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization voted Wednesday night to advance a public-private partnership to build express toll lanes on Interstate 77 in south Charlotte.

The Charlotte City Council voted unanimously Monday night to support a state plan to partner with a private company to build and manage express toll lanes on Interstate 77 from uptown to the South Carolina state line.

As plans for adding lanes to Interstate 77 south of uptown Charlotte get delayed, costs are surging past $3 billion.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation said Wednesday night that it won’t move forward with a proposal from the Spanish company Cintra to build and manage toll lanes on Interstate 77 in south Charlotte.

Charlotte and its surrounding municipalities are fighting about how the votes are counted on CRTPO, the federally required group that helps decide how and when roads are built in three counties — Iredell, Mecklenburg and Union.