Tag search result for: Gene Conti

AG: I-485 funding is legit

markjohnson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:35:43 -0500

The N.C. Attorney General's office has settled a squabble between the state Department of Transportation and State Treasurer Janet Cowell over the unfinished I-485 loop around Charlotte.

Grayson Kelley, chief deputy to Attorney General Roy Cooper, wrote a letter Tuesday saying that DOT's funding plan for finishing the long-unlinked highway is legal and constitutional.

Worrier misses Tippett

bniolet — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:54:48 -0500

Road Worrier Bruce Siceloff says he misses the Lyndo Tippett days.

Tippett, the secretary of transportation under former Gov. Mike Easley gave Siceloff, the N&O's transportation columnist, lots to write about.

Conti says failure to communicate

markjohnson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:48:50 -0500

Secretary of Transportation Gene Conti said his agency has not communicated well on the new financing plan for the I-485 loop around Charlotte.

DOT: state not on the hook

markjohnson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:03:46 -0500

North Carolina won't be on the hook for any money that a private contractor borrows to finish I-485, a Department of Transportation spokesman said.

Dome memo: Awkward relationships

bniolet — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:16:16 -0500

GOING CHILLY: Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin didn't appreciate having to share a campaign bus with U.S. Sen. Richard Burr when she was stumping the state. Palin is scheduled to appear at Ft. Bragg next week to promote her book, which could make for an awkward moment if Burr shows to get a book signed.

The incredible shrinking governor

bniolet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:30:18 -0500

Gov. Bev Perdue is not the woman she used to be — and she's proud of it.

The governor got personal Wednesday morning when she gave a pep talk at the opening ceremony of the State Employees Wellness Fair at the State Fairgrounds, Rob Christensen reports.

Perdue happy with DOT reforms

bniolet — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:41:20 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue says she is happy with her transportation secretary's efforts to take politics out of road building.

Dome asked the governor, through a spokeswoman, to respond to calls from Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger to have Transportation Board member Lanny Wilson withdraw from board business.

Perdue shot in name of prevention

markjohnson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:13:46 -0400

Shirts stripped off, drugs, sharp implements and blood spilled -- and that was just among Gov. Beverly Perdue and her cabinet. All of this was in the name of flu prevention.

Perdue, seven of her cabinet secretaries and state schools Superintendent June Atkinson received their seasonal flu vaccinations in front of a news conference this afternoon to promote the annual shots.

Perdue popularity lagging in Charlotte

bniolet — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:03:45 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue pledged during last fall's campaign to strengthen ties between Charlotte and state government in Raleigh. Since taking office, she has made an impact in the state's largest city, just not always the impression she probably desired.

The DOT made me text

bniolet — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:31:57 -0400

The state Department of Transportation just announced that it will offer traffic updates on its Twitter page.

So how long before people start getting cited under the new texting while driving ban because they were checking for traffic information?