Triad spared toll road study
The North Carolina Turnpike Authority board voted Wednesday to study four potential toll road projects, The Associated Press reports:
* a 9 1/2-mile bridge across the Cape Fear River that would connect the U.S. 17 Bypass to U.S. 421.
* the 20-mile Garden Parkway, also known as the U.S. 321/74 Bypass, would connect Interstate 485 near Charlotte/Douglas International Airport with I-85 west of Gastonia.
* the Monroe Connector would link the U.S. 74 Monroe Bypass and I-485 in Union and Mecklenburg counties.
* the fourth proposal would parallel Interstate 40 in the Triangle area and extend from the Durham Freeway to I-540.
There is no timeline yet for any of the projects.
