Years ago, when we were a little more newsier at this site, one of the projects I followed for a while in North Carolina was the Garden Parkway . The Parkway was a toll road project aimed at providing traffic relief to Interstate 85 and US 321 west of Charlotte. It had been kicked around for a few decades, along with other names, before being revived with the creation of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority in 2002. For about a decade, the proposed highway met a lot of local and environmental opposition. The proposed highway died a quiet death - although postcards were mailed out - in 2016. Yet, like many projects here and elsewhere, someone else comes along, dusts off the old plans, modifies things a bit, and gives it a new name. Now, the Garden Parkway, the successor of the Gaston East-West Connector, has been reborn again as the new Catawba Crossings project. And it has evolved into a shorter, leaner, and toll-free version. The ...
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