Bill Summaries: S716 (2013-2014 Session)

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  • Summary date: Apr 5 2013 - View summary

    Amends GS 136-89.183 to give the Turnpike Authority the powers necessary to study, plan, develop, and undertake preliminary design work on up to five (was, eight) turnpike projects; removes the Gaston East-West Connector (Garden Parkway), Cape Fear Skyway, and a bridge of more than two miles in length going from the mainland to a peninsula bordering the State of Virginia, pursuant to GS 136-89.183A. Reduces the annual appropriation to the Authority in GS 136-176 from $112 million to $49 million, removing specified amounts for the mid-Currituck Bridge and the Garden Parkway. Amends GS 105-187.9 to increase the amount to be transferred to the Mobility Fund from $58 million to $121 million.

    Effective July 1, 2013.