I-77 Toll Lanes

After years of being sidelined on transit decisions, Matthews Mayor John Higdon and Charlotte Council member Renee Johnson led a surprise revolt that derailed a $3.2 billion I‑77 toll lane project.

Regional transportation leaders voted Wednesday to withdraw support for a plan to build toll lanes on I-77 south of uptown Charlotte. Charlotte City Council member Renee Johnson says community opposition and concerns about displacement ultimately changed the outcome.

In a stunning decision, a supermajority of the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization’s board voted Wednesday night to rescind its support for the public-private partnership to build toll lanes on Interstate 77.

As political support for the controversial I-77 South toll lane project slips, NCDOT has unveiled a new vision for the corridor featuring parks built over the interstate and new pedestrian and bike connections through west Charlotte.

North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Daniel Johnson warned Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles that if local leaders withdraw support for the Interstate 77 toll lane project, the state would be required to remove it from a long‑term transportation plan, potentially sending hundreds of millions of dollars elsewhere.

Charlotte City Council has called a special meeting for Tuesday afternoon to discuss the I-77 toll lane project further. This comes three days after the council dropped a bombshell and voted 6-5 to rescind support for the multibillion dollar highway expansion project.

Charlotte City Council voted Monday night to withdraw its support for the controversial I‑77 expansion project, a decision that some residents say is encouraging but not yet reassuring.

The Charlotte City Council voted Monday night to withdraw its support for the proposed Interstate 77 toll lanes from uptown to the South Carolina line, a stunning reversal on the multibillion-dollar highway expansion.

The Charlotte City Council has been working on a resolution to address the controversial I-77 toll lanes.

The N.C. DOT and Gaston County planners are widening 10 miles of I-85 — without toll lanes.