A public hearing April 18 will seek comments on four scenarios being considered for toll lanes that would help pay for widening I-77 north of Charlotte.

The Mecklenburg Union Metropolitan Planning Organization will hold the hearing Wednesday, April 18, from 5-8 p.m., at Huntersville Town Hall, 101 Huntersville-Concord Road, Huntersville. Read the full story

Starting March 7, you'll have to use Holly Point Drive to make a left turn off NC 73/Sam Furr Road onto U.S. 21. Click to watch a video.

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

HUNTERSVILLE – The $17 million road widening project on Sam Furr Road (N.C. 73) east of I-77 in Huntersville is nearing completion, and it’s bringing a major change in the traffic pattern at Sam Furr and Statesville Road/U.S. 21. Beginning Wednesday, March 7, cars heading east or west on Sam Furr Road will no longer be allowed to make left turns onto U.S. 21. Read the full story

When completed in 2014, the project will link I-77 north of Charlotte with I-85 northeast of Charlotte. (NC DOT map)

By JULIE ROSE
WFAE

Construction crews are well on the way to completing one of the most long-awaited road projects in the Charlotte-region. By the end of 2014, I-485 will finally offer drivers a continuous loop around Mecklenburg County. Read the full story

Here’s a 3-minute video from DavidsonNews.net reporting on the Friday, May 14, 2010, opening of the N.C. 115/Catawba Avenue intersection in downtown Cornelius. The intersection extends Catawba Avenue across the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks into the Antiquity Cornelius project, which Cornelius Mayor Jeff Tarte said ultimately could transform downtown Cornelius.

Workers lay fresh asphalt at the intersection of N.C. 115 and Catawba Avenue in downtown Cornelius this week. (David Boraks photo)

Workers this week are building new turn lanes and reconfiguring the intersection of N.C. 115 and Catawba Avenue in Cornelius as they move closer to completion of the Catawba extension. But Cornelius officials say it could late March or early April before the extension is open for traffic across the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks and into the Antiquity Cornelius development. Read the full story