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May 16, 2025

NCDOT

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Audit of NCDOT shows agency overspent by $742 million

May 13, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A recently published audit of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s finances shows the department exceeded its projected cash spending plan for state fiscal year 2019. The department had projected $5.94 billion but ended […]

Article

NC DOT announces drone programs to combat COVID-19

April 30, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — On Friday, April 24, 2020, the North Carolina Department of Transportation held a webinar announcing plans for a public-private partnership around drones to deliver “critical medical supplies and food” during the COVID-19 outbreak. […]

Article

Tony Tata tapped to take over Pentagon post

April 24, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – A retired general who served in two high-profile posts in North Carolina was chosen by President Donald Trump to a high-ranking position within the Pentagon. Tony Tata, who served as Wake County Schools […]

Article

NC DOT budget shortfall leads to bid cuts of $2 billion

April 22, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A budget shortfall for the North Carolina Department of Transportation has led the department to make cuts to future construction contracts by $2 billion. During a recent meeting, N.C. DOT officials said that […]

Article

Hostile exchange between outgoing NC DOT chief, Lt. Gov. over unused old rail cars

March 4, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The outgoing North Carolina Secretary of Transportation was dinged for wasteful spending involving the purchase of circus rail cars. According to reports, the North Carolina Department of Transportation purchased nine old circus rail […]

News

DOT begins reporting cash reserves under new state law

January 8, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — As of Jan. 3, 2020, the N.C. Department of Transportation had total cash holdings of $438,367,801 and expenditures totaling $42,318,482. The combined cash balance comes from the Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund. […]

News

Plans made to replace 75-year-old North Carolina bridge

December 13, 2019 The Associated Press

NORTH WILKESBORO — Plans are advancing to replace a 75-year-old bridge that serves as one of only three routes between Forsyth and Yadkin counties, North Carolina transportation officials said. Engineers are finalizing designs to replace […]

News

NC Treasurer calls on governor to replace DOT Secretary

October 31, 2019 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, is calling for Governor Roy Cooper to replace Department of Transportation secretary, James Trogdon, for overspending by the department under his watch. In a Thursday press […]

Features

Landowner suits, natural disasters put DOT in fiscal hole

September 11, 2019 Dan Way

NORTH CAROLINA — Hurricane Dorian debris removal and road repairs will further stress the cash-strapped N.C. Department of Transportation, which already has furloughed hundreds of personnel, and scrubbed work on hundreds of projects. Making matters […]

Business

NC industrial corridor co-branded with ‘Carolina Core’ movement

April 24, 2019 Emily Roberson

GREENSBORO — Business and economic development leaders signaled they are “all in” for regionalism, announcing last week that several transformational assets in central North Carolina will be branded under the “Carolina Core” umbrella. A corridor […]

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