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Chris Lucassina, executive director of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), reviewed the corridor’s planning history and funding delays. He said the project — which would convert the corridor to a full‑control‑of‑access freeway — has been repeatedly delayed and that “time is money”: delays and inflation have driven costs substantially higher and a funding gap now threatens schedule stability.

David Roy, director of innovative finance at the North Carolina Turnpike Authority, summarized the authority’s tolling analysis. He described four scenarios the study tested: two “all‑lanes toll” expressway options and two express‑lane (managed‑lane) options, analyzed both as stand‑alone projects and as a potential expansion of the Triangle Expressway system. He told council “tolling in North Carolina truly is a local decision,” and said CAMPO requested the analysis to understand whether tolling could accelerate delivery.

Roy said the all‑lanes toll scenarios could produce substantial financing capacity. Treated as a stand‑alone toll facility, the corridor could reach contract award and financial close as early as spring 2027 with an opening in the early 2030s; treated as an expansion of the existing Triangle Expressway system, financing capacity increases and the state funding gap could shrink. In contrast, express‑lane scenarios would be more complex to implement and carry higher NEPA/review risks; they also rely on congestion in general‑purpose lanes to generate revenue and therefore may yield lower early revenue.

The analysis forecast some toll diversion to local streets in the toll vs. non‑toll comparison but found that in most modeled cases the additional travel time on alternate local routes would be small — on the order of about a minute during peak periods — and that planned local improvements could mitigate most diversion impacts. Roy emphasized that additional traffic analysis would be required during any NEPA reevaluation and that legislative action would be necessary in most scenarios because state law restricts tolling currently non‑toll highway capacity and restricts use of toll revenues to pledged facilities.

Council members expressed mixed views. Several said delays already have economic and mobility costs for the region and that tolling — particularly an all‑lanes toll treated as part of the Triangle Expressway financing system — could accelerate delivery and bring benefits. Others raised concerns about diversion and local pedestrian and transit access, pressing for guarantees on local improvements and better transit/bus rapid‑transit design to avoid creating a car‑dependent corridor. Council members sought assurances the project would include frontage/service roads and multimodal connections and asked staff about bonus allocation guidance and use of potential bonus funds to mitigate diversion impacts.

Lucassina said CAMPO intends to solicit public comment and that the CAMPO executive board planned to review public and stakeholder feedback before a potential May decision. He pointed council to public-input sessions scheduled by CAMPO and encouraged the city to submit comments to the public comment email on the project website.

No action was taken at the council meeting; staff noted the tolling decision rests with CAMPO and any implementation would require state legislative changes and further NEPA and financing steps.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Raleigh City Council Afternoon Session - April 15, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","CAMPO and the North Carolina Turnpike Authority presented a tolling study for upgrading US‑1 (Capitol Boulevard) north of I‑540, showing that tolling could accelerate construction but would require legislative changes and careful mitigation of local traffic and transit impacts.","taxTitle","Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina","taxId",4736,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6273058,"Residents and Fourth Ward advocates press council during consolidated-plan hearing for CDBG funding and markers",415,1037000,1452000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3005414-616d40ec555f6a66a2041a19a8ba5073&start=1037&end=1452","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3005414-616d40ec555f6a66a2041a19a8ba5073/thumbnail_1037000.jpg","/articles/6273058/Raleigh/Wake-County/North-Carolina/Residents-and-Fourth-Ward-advocates-press-council-during-consolidated-plan-hearing-for-CDBG-funding-and-markers","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6273058-e062c9d2447582bb99444fbf21bda528/orig.mp4?Expires=1770443024&Signature=JbPcumNdW9pUgZR81eBPexEKkSzZ7YKqdVXjk6faRpWGCd6B894zg2rTcXkOnZuxkoFPm5dxV-VjS8Asj6cK34bLRXlS9dDUh5QExSvSiNXSlj5wTci1P9w707G1sHG0FKI-96nrP5O8ofSIKdJPapHRFRDdol-WFqSqzyuQI9Fl17vha5wtlcfP1ibp0OuWjPdTymlPXJtlSbyJ~CIac8zTwHFOB46vN7aKvnQsaxLRJzm4HnVNaHXxQaq0boH2b3JY635eEVyrkFe47M7itFvx80jzzsagLfkV~UzYt1rwAwZR-arQTOX-EnpoLZZZ0nzLkafmRELPq4~0qXPMOA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff presented the draft 2026–2030 consolidated plan and the 2025–26 annual action plan and opened a public hearing where several speakers asked the council to prioritize Fourth Ward preservation and to add funding for fair-housing work and deeply affordable housing.

Nicholas Dula of Housing and Neighborhoods summarized the federal programs the city uses in the consolidated plan: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships, and the Emergency Solutions Grant. He told the council the five-year consolidated-plan draft projects approximately $28.7 million in CDBG resources over five years (including one Section 108 loan allocation), roughly $7 million in HOME funding and about $1.2 million in ESG funding for the period. Dula said the city also planned to supplement federal dollars with local funding from the designated affordable-housing fund and recently authorized bond proceeds.

During the public-comment portion, Fourth Ward advocates urged the council to include neighborhood-specific investments in the consolidated plan and to use CDBG funds for signage and historic recognition. Octavia Rainey, speaking for the Fourth Ward Historical Association, said the group will ask for $300,000 in CDBG funding to “get started” on a seven-year plan of place-making and preservation; she emphasized the neighborhood’s displacement history and requested that the city prioritize the request when the consolidated plan and associated actions are finalized.

Valerie Smith, a Fourth Ward resident, described the neighborhood’s cultural history and said it should be commemorated: “We want to hold on to those memories,” she said, calling for a memorialization that recognizes churches, businesses and family life that she said helped shape the city.

Other speakers focused on housing elsewhere in the plan. Dakiya Davis, who said she grew up in Fourth Ward, asked the council to designate the neighborhood as a historic district, install signage and support the neighborhood’s annual reunion and programs. Jonathan Kramer raised a separate issue about neighborhood parking near NC State and asked transportation staff to follow up about permit eligibility for multi-unit buildings on Garden Place.

On process, Dula said staff hosted 38 outreach events and received about 584 survey responses and 533 in-person or event participants during the planning period. He said staff had published the draft plan for 30 days of public comment and would return to council with a final plan for adoption.

Speakers also urged the council to fund fair-housing work and to target resources for people at the deepest levels of need (0–30% of area median income), points staff said would be part of program prioritization during final plan adoption.

The public hearing was closed after nine registered speakers; staff said they would return with a final, council-adoptable plan at a later meeting.","City staff presented the draft 2026–2030 consolidated plan and the 2025–26 annual action plan; public commenters called for targeted CDBG spending for Fourth Ward preservation, fair-housing programs and deeply affordable housing.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6273063,"Raleigh council approves administrative solid-waste fee increase, removes appeals route to manager and council",121,754000,875000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3005414-616d40ec555f6a66a2041a19a8ba5073&start=754&end=875","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3005414-616d40ec555f6a66a2041a19a8ba5073/thumbnail_754000.jpg","/articles/6273063/Raleigh/Wake-County/North-Carolina/Raleigh-council-approves-administrative-solid-waste-fee-increase-removes-appeals-route-to-manager-and-council","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6273063-5f73fb416ade268b030ae4939c3bc08a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770443024&Signature=icdtZfCbuVBRRNTkdc3rm0ZoYbOMq3bctIULyomH~M8Ko6S3cIgLWv19pdbbLvlwqqJamuD4uAwCIJKVylWO9ocnU6YQj8BLjuRquoNcS3cuWM3UGeG867a~u3QjmjeVx-rg2i-ZwAP5aGLOfHn4as0U4ZkIkcnNtqpxwvpenT3wH1InQ~u97mv59Q3Oi9~L4~4WKJKEXdPa-ev8suB9LZc8VxGw0sneEzQNCEEkdeca8Whit7GOSS0YSrSnjo8vzZMSZ-8byy6KYxA1ysZPVWHAk1ZNd0Jl3ZaHLRIC4KfJOUidSVTjwZKp0gH2epdzQs4h1YqHaZsKgijM5gucug__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Raleigh City Council approved a consent-agenda change to the city’s solid-waste code that converts certain enforcement penalties to an administrative fee, increases that fee and removes the option to appeal those administrative fees to the city manager and the full council.

Councilor Jones raised the item during the consent discussion and asked how often appeals had reached the city manager or council. Gregory Jenkins, interim director of solid waste, said the department had received “two to four complaints” in the last year and that none he was aware of had gone up to the city manager’s office. Jenkins described the change as streamlining the process: “As we have transitioned that over to an administrative fee, that’s more consistent with how our practices are. It stays in house,” Jenkins said.

The council discussion clarified the scale of the fee increase. Jenkins confirmed the past administrative fee had been $250 and that the proposed fee would be $500. Councilor Jones asked staff to “daylight” the increase for the public because it represents “a big charge that’s being added.”

Councilors also asked whether removing the solid-waste collection design manual from the code meant the city would no longer use those standards; Jenkins said the manual would remain an internal, administrative tool but would no longer be codified. Jenkins said the city is coordinating with planning staff to keep the manual flexible as zoning and collection practices evolve.

Councilors asked how many residents receive the city’s backyard pickup service. Jenkins said the program — labeled a “need assistance” program — covers roughly 5,000 residents and that enrollment is by application. Councilor Jones said the figure was important context for residents who will face higher fees.

The motion to approve was made as part of the consent agenda, seconded and approved by voice vote.","The City Council approved a change to the solid-waste code that converts certain penalties to administrative fees, doubles the cited fee and removes appeals to the city manager and council; staff said the changes formalize current practice and affect the city’s “need assistance” pickup program of roughly 5,000 residents.","actionData","errors"]

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