Charlotte eclipses Triangle in loop miles (Triangle Business Journal)
RALEIGH – Despite winning accolades as the fastest growing metro in the country, the Triangle lags behind Charlotte when it comes to the number of miles of funded highway loop projects.
An analysis of North Carolina’s urban loop funding program shows that Raleigh and Durham trail longtime rival Charlotte, which has received almost all of the money it needs to complete a major highway loop.
North Carolina Department of Transportation data provided by the Regional Transportation Alliance, a Triangle-based transportation advocacy group, show that 68 miles of Charlotte’s 74 miles of urban loops – or 93 percent – have been funded to date.
Of the nine other metropolitan areas that are eligible to receive loop money, only Raleigh, Greensboro and Wilmington have had any loop miles funded. Durham hasn’t received any loop money although it has nearly 27 eligible miles.
Friday, January 1, 2010 | Modified: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 12:01am EST
by Chris Baysden
