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

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.

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