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Nine Charlotte City Council members say they want the N.C. Department of Transportation to pause the Interstate 77 toll lane project.
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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles agreed to move up a discussion of the controversial project to the City Council's retreat on March 2. -
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Nine of the eleven Charlotte City Council members now say they support pausing the I-77 toll lanes project. Three people were injured in a single-engine plane crash at Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport. N.C. Attorney Jeff Jackson says FEMA is ignoring a court order to disburse $200 million in climate resiliency funds.
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