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District C councilor and mayor pro tem James West resigned recently to fill a post on the county commission. Councilors are now looking for a new District C representative to fill the remained of West’s term.
Councilors will get a new report on the next steps to develop the new downtown train and bus station. They will also talk about a new program for residents to opt out of phone book deliveries and a $1.3 million federal grant to expand broadband access for low-income residents
Raleigh city councilors passed a set of recommendations for the high speed rail route though the city. Councilors opted not to make the hard choice of picking one route and instead commented on all the routes.
Jennifer Wig unpacks the issues over cleaning up Falls Lake, Raleigh’s water supply.
Legislation passed in the last General Assembly session added computers and televisions to the list of items no longer welcome at local landfills. But Raleigh residents can already recycle most electronics.
City Council members are getting close to a decision on where they stand on an early plan to update local rail lines and crossings in advance of high-speed train service from Raleigh to Richmond.
Record writer Jennifer Wig takes the train to Charlotte.
Drivers hitting a street in North Raleigh this week should start seeing a 9-foot-long reminder to share the road. Maintenance crews are scheduled to begin applying “sharrows,” this week on Northclift Drive. They’re just one part of a decades-long plan to make the city more bicycle friendly.
Councilors gave final approval for the Hillsborough St. bike lanes and started thinking about another set. They also passed $10 million in bonds for solid waste facilities and got a $1.3 million stimulus grant for a geothermal system.
City councilors learned Tuesday just how much greenhouse gas emissions they’re putting into the atmosphere. Three years ago the city council set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, and a new emissions inventory sets 2007 as the baseline for making those reductions.
