Commuter rail to northern Mecklenburg County has been on the drawing board for decades. In that time, there have been numerous efforts to get the project on track while light rail lines were built to the south and northeast corners of Charlotte.
All the while, northern Mecklenburg has been paying the county's transit tax. To be sure, so have all other parts of the county. But political and business leaders in northern Mecklenburg have already drawn a line in the sand over the Charlotte Moves task force proposal to raise the tax to help build out, among other things, the commuter rail line.
Lake Norman Chamber says "No" to a hike in sales tax. #SalesTax #Cornelius #Davidson #Huntersville #TransitTaxhttps://t.co/iteMn3rHzh
— Lake Norman Chamber (@LKNChamber) February 1, 2021
Promises are being made to make commuter rail a priority this go-round. Will that be enough to get north Mecklenburg on board?
GUESTS
Elaine Powell, Mecklenburg County commissioner, District 1; vice-chair of the county commission (@OnTheFrogSide)
Bill Russell, Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce, president and CEO (@LKNChamberprez)
Woody Washam, Town of Cornelius, mayor (@wtwasham)
