The Gastonia City Council recently announced plans to phase out its fixed-route bus system in favor of a new microtransit system with the ability to reach more of Gastonia’s residents. Microtransit is comparable to current rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft. In a press release, the city council stated that a 36-month, $1.65 million...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is asking the state’s second-highest court to take up two cases that could have a significant impact on payments to property owners targeted by the Map Act. In both cases, a Wake County judge issued rulings in June 2023 that favored property owners over the DOT.
While electric vehicle industry is growing in NC, the trajectory of the EV sector appears uncertain. Industry giants like Ford, General Motors, and Tesla have collectively opted to delay their expansion plans in the year 2024 amid big losses in Q3.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has determined that both the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office and a private Department of Transportation contractor bear responsibility for a deputy’s injuries during traffic duty in 2019.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will take up the case of a state Department of Transportation worker fired over his handling of bus driver recertification. The court announced the decision Friday without comment.
The state Supreme Court split, 3-3, on whether a trial judge could award nearly $90,000 in legal fees to critics of the state’s Harkers Island Bridge replacement project. The deadlock means a decision from the state’s second-highest court will stand. The case will head back to a trial judge to revisit the legal fees and other issues.
The state’s highest court has granted a temporary stay to a former state Department of Transportation worker challenging his dismissal. DOT had cited Thurman Crofton Savage’s violations of bus driver recertification rules when firing him.
After serving for twenty-seven years in state government, including the last three as secretary for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Eric Boyette is retiring.
An employee fired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for improperly recertifying school bus drivers urges the full 15-member state Appeals Court to hear his lawsuit challenging the dismissal.
North Carolina has a growing problem, both figuratively and literally. Being ranked as the #1 state for business two years in a row is definitely a good problem to have, as well as seeing nearly 366,000 people a year move to the state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) for 2021, some bringing those businesses and all pumping money into the economy. But, with that growth comes problems, including increasing wear and tear on the state’s roads and bridges.
Residents of the Village of Bald Head Island, a small community located off the coast of Brunswick County, are facing a substantial 21% tax hike as part of the recently approved budget by council. The driving force behind the tax increases that the Village is implementing can be attributed to several ongoing legal battles that...
