Posted on November 6th, 2008 by David Boraks
Updated Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, 1:37 p.m.
One lane of I-77 northbound at Exit 28 was closed for several hours Thursday night after a two-vehicle crash killed an unidentified woman and injured two other people.
All three were passengers in a Ford Explorer that crashed into the back of a tractor trailer between Exits 28 and 30 [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2008 by David Boraks
Updated Saturday, Oct. 25
A revised site plan unveiled Thursday for the proposed Davidson IB School renovation and community center project shifts new construction toward South street, puts parking beside and behind the buildings, and includes a driveway loop behind the school for student drop-off and pickup. But many of those at a planning workshop at [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by David Boraks
A followup planning workshop tonight (Thursday, Oct. 23) will take another look at site planning for the proposed Davidson IB Middle School renovation and community center construction project. On the eve of the meeting, some school neighbors repeated their objections to plans for connecting nearby streets to create a new bus route into the school [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by David Boraks
Charlotte Area Transit System has revised its parking advisory for commuters who ride the 77x bus to and from Charlotte. Parking along Griffith Street is temporarily unavailable beginning this week because of repaving. CATS said Wednesday commuters now may park at Children’s Community School, 565 Griffith St.
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Posted on October 17th, 2008 by David Boraks
Road resurfacing is set to begin on Griffith Street next week and it could put park-and-ride commuters in a bind. Charlotte Area Transit System officials are warning commuters who park along the street to use other parking options beginning Monday.
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Posted on October 16th, 2008 by David Boraks
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by David Boraks
If you’ve tried to fill up your car’s tank lately, you may have noticed that some area filling stations are out of gas. Over on my blog, I’m collecting information about Davidson-area gas stations. Check the map, or help out by adding info about which ones have gas and which don’t. Anyone should be able [...]
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Posted on September 17th, 2008 by David Boraks
The N.C. Department of Transportation has turned on traffic signals at the intersection of Sloan, Beaty and Griffith streets. For now, the lights will operate on a timer, Davidson public works director Doug Wright said Wednesday.
The signal had been installed in late July and was supposed to have been operational by mid-August. But it was [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by David Boraks
Updated Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, 2:45 p.m.
A new traffic light installed this summer at Griffith and Beaty streets may not begin regular operation until around Thanksgiving, three months later than originally planned. The town’s public works chief said he is in negotiations with the state Department of Transportation, which manages Griffith Street, about postponing [...]
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Posted on August 28th, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson Mayor John Woods is on a campaign to make sure transportation planners in Charlotte don’t forget about the North Corridor Commuter Rail Project. The issue came up at Wednesday night’s monthly meeting of the Metropolitan Transit Commission in Charlotte, when Mayor Woods asked Charlotte officials why the north line hasn’t been mentioned in [...]
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