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Charlotte outlines $5.7 billion roads plan, emphasizes small‑business readiness and workforce training
Summary
City staff told the council the roads portion of the newly approved mobility sales tax will deliver $5.7 billion to Charlotte over 30 years; officials described a delivery model tested with a $55 million pilot, new tracking tools, and workforce and small‑business programs to help local firms compete for work.
Charlotte officials on Monday presented a plan to use the city’s share of a new mobility sales tax to accelerate road projects while building local contracting capacity and workforce pipelines.
City Manager Marcus Jones and staff told the City Council that Charlotte’s portion of the sales-tax-funded program — the roads slice that will flow to the city — is $5,700,000,000 over 30 years. The briefing focused on how the city will deliver projects, prepare small businesses to bid, and expand workforce training so residents can fill the jobs those projects will create.
Why it matters: City officials said the scale of the money will change how Charlotte approaches delivery. Ed McKinney, who led the project‑delivery update, pointed to a $55 million…
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