February 20, 2009

Stimulus money will rev up Charlotte road projects

Charlotte’s first taste of money from the federal economic stimulus package may be in south Mecklenburg, with an $8.3million widening of N.C. 51 from Pineville’s downtown to the S.C. line. As President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus bill Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Transportation announced it was using $100 million of the money for [...]