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The General Assembly is set to hand Gov. Pat McCrory the controversial Red Route Bill to study options for a highway through Garner, while legislation concerning capital punishment is now on this week’s calendar.
A bill in the House and a companion provision in the Senate budget could eliminate state funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects. HB 817 replaces the equity formula, which has been in place since the 1980s, said Raleigh’s Transportation Manager Eric Lamb. The original formula distributed money in equal parts across the state — regardless of traffic or population.
Two appointments to state office are about to be confirmed as talk of the Dix property begins to cool down.
Last week on Jones Street, a bill to promote a study of the Red Route for N.C. 540 moved forward, while Gov. Pat McCrory and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane announced a possible deal for Dix park. Photo by TW Buckner.
In a new regular feature on the Record, we will track bills impacting Raleigh and Wake County and Wake’s representatives and senators in the General Assembly. In this first weekly post, we look at the bills that survived crossover last week.
