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Sen. Phil Berger updates Wentworth council on DMV problems, transportation projects and budget standoff
Summary
Sen. Phil Berger told the Wentworth Town Council the General Assembly is in interim work but will return for a short session in spring; he highlighted ongoing DMV backlogs, state efforts on US 29 and a $2 million engineering study for US 220 congestion and described a budget impasse tied to a House–Senate dispute over a tax-trigger change.
Sen. Phil Berger, president pro tem of the North Carolina Senate, spoke to the Wentworth Town Council on Jan. 6 to outline what residents should expect from the legislature in the coming months.
“I would anticipate it'll be early May,” Berger said of the local-bill filing deadline, and he urged towns to contact his office if they need help drafting local legislation. He also gave constituents direct contact details for his Raleigh office and chief of staff, and said his office sends a weekly legislative update by email.
Berger described persistent operational problems at…
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