clt2025

I find it interesting that the budget for new roads is approximately 80 million and the total budget for the project is 516 million. The developer is going to spend 15 percent of his budget on roads. I know the argument that the roads won't be sufficient because the additional development that will follow will choke the new roads. That's what happened at the Norcross exit just south of the new exit for The Village. However, I don't think Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, and the NC DOT have spent even a fraction of that on new road systems in that area in the last zillion years. This seems to be the only way to get roads funded in the area. That's a shame.

I rode the light rail system (LRT) for the first time this week. I put it to the ultimate test. I traveled with an infant, toddler, and my mother. The LRT gets an A+. It's awesome, fast, and spurring development. The ticket machines get an F-. Most of this has been said here. They don't take debit/credit cards (joke). The slot for the debit/credit cards has duct tape over it (nice touch). There is only one ticket machine per side of the track (stupid). The signage throughout the LRT system is weak. If I wasn't from Charlotte and familiar with LRT and all its locations, I wouldn't be able to find it. It's called Operations Management 101. I hope CATS can work it out .

[Rumblings in the GC business pertaining to downtown Charlotte. Something big in the works. Could be Trump project or a new thread to be.