NCDOT secretary to address I-77 toll lane project in Charlotte – WSOC TV

NCDOT secretary to address I-77 toll lane project in Charlotte  WSOC TV

For the first time since the project’s revival, N.C. Department of Transportation Sec. Daniel Johnson will be in Charlotte on Friday to address the I-77 toll lane project. CHARLOTTE — For the first time since the project’s revival, N.C. Department of Transportation Sec. Daniel Johnson will be in Charlotte on Friday to address the I-77 toll lane project. Johnson and Charlotte Mayor Rob Harrington are expected to discuss community benefits that will happen because of the toll lane project. It is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Charlotte City Council’s Intergovernmental Committee met Thursday.

Members are planning to create a working group to help develop the final community benefits plan. “We heard from residents, businesses in the corridor so I appreciate we will have the representation and make up of people who live in the communities,” Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera, D-At Large, said. The working group will include people who live along the I-77 corridor where the toll lanes are being built. The I-77 Toll Lane Community Engagement Center will also reopen Friday. Check back with wsoctv.com and watch Eyewitness News for updates.