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Raleigh City Councilors this week approved the final design for the Sandy Forks Road project, which will get started next year. Councilors also approved three additional road races and received a grant to plant trees in Chavis Park.
Raleigh City Councilors have approved placing a $91.8 million parks bond on the November ballot, but funding for a whitewater park still isn’t included.
After a contentious discussion about a potential sales tax referendum, Wake County Commissioners Monday decided to hold a vote in August to put the increase on the November ballot.
Members of a City Council committee agreed Wednesday to restore the long-emptied Brentwood Today Lake into a stream.
Members of a City Council committee approved $175,000 in grant funding, two property donations and a lease for a new RPD station in 11 minutes.
City councilors had twice the fun this week, as they renewed two contracts, approved two transit projects, funded two more two-way streets and scheduled two simultaneous fireworks shows.
Raleigh City Councilors have started discussing the merits and problems with using performance-based standards for development in the watershed for the city’s drinking water.
Councilors voted this week to send a $91.7 million bond to voters this fall. If approved, the bonds will pay for a long list of parks projects. The bond means a 1.72-cent tax increase for Raleigh residents.
Wake Commissioners Tuesday adopted a budget that includes a raise for teachers, which will be funded by ABC Board revenue. Democrats on the board said it wasn’t enough.
Despite a decrease in the number of complaints related to a local hookah bar, some North Boylan residents want the city to regulate where such businesses can locate.
