NC governor, mayors lobby for transportation fund (The Associated Press )
Gov. Beverly Perdue and North Carolina mayors aren’t giving up on her effort to set aside extra money to build critical transportation projects that have been slowed down over the years.
Perdue and mayors from Asheville to Newport scheduled a Monday news conference off Interstate 40 in Wake County to talk up the Mobility Fund she inserted in her budget proposal last month.
The governor said the fund would build urgent projects like the Yadkin River Bridge replacement on Interstate 85 and ultimately grow to $300 million. Revenues would come from higher transportation fees like a 25 percent increase in the cost of state vehicle registrations.
The Senate didn’t put the program in its budget approved last week but is still interested in the idea.
