Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu November 07, 2024
Raising I-95 in North Carolina's Coastal Plain
One small town getting hit by a pair of destructive floods in three years by powerful hurricanes is almost assuredly going to lead to expensive engineering countermeasures. That certainly has been the case the last few years in Lumberton, N.C., where Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018 each caused 1,000-year-floods along the city's Lumber River and inundated sections of Interstate 95, the United States' primary freeway on the East Coast, leading to its partial closure in the Tarheel State's Coastal Plain....
NCDOT - Thu November 07, 2024
NCDOT Estimates Date for 2-Way Traffic in Gorge
Traffic may be flowing in both directions on North Carolina's Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge — albeit slower than normal — by New Year's Day. N.C. Department of Transportation officials anticipate a contractor completing a stabilization project securing the westbound lanes of I-40 in the gorge....
Hoopaugh Grading Company - Thu November 07, 2024
Hoopaugh Grading's Clay Shoot Breaks Fundraising Record
Hoopaugh Grading Company (HGC) demonstrated its continued commitment to community impact by hosting its annual Clay Shoot fundraiser, generating an unprecedented $220,000 for Dream On 3, a Charlotte, N.C.-based nonprofit that makes sports dreams come true for children and teens living with life-altering conditions....
CEG - Wed October 30, 2024
NCDOT Says Coal Miners Only Helped Clear Path Near Key Storm-Damaged Highway
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) on Nov. 1 cleared up online misinformation over reports that West Virginia coal miners constructed an access road destroyed by Hurricane Helene between Bat Cave into Chimney Rock....
Chapelboro.com - Wed October 30, 2024
Expansion of $94M UNC Nursing School Gets Under Way, Set to Finish in 2026
Dignitaries, alumni, donors and guests gathered in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Oct. 25 in Kenan Stadium's Blue Zone for a groundbreaking ceremony prior to the expansion of the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Nursing's education building....
CEG - Wed October 16, 2024
NCDOT Selects Contractor to Begin Making Repairs On Hurricane-Damaged Interstate 40
Of all the roads that need fixing in western North Carolina, none will pose a bigger challenge than Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge. As a result of Hurricane Helene, the swollen river scoured the earth below the four-lane highway and washed away the eastbound lanes in several places....
CEG - Thu October 10, 2024
Iron Auction Group Holds October Sale in Charlotte, N.C.
The Iron Auction Group held a one-owner sale Oct. 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. The auction, held at 10050 Metromont Industrial Blvd., Charlotte, N.C., was for Metromont Natural Recycling, dba RJ Brewer Grading....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu October 10, 2024
Rebuilding Process Begins Post-Helene
More than a week after the remnants of Hurricane Helene plowed ashore on Florida's Gulf Coast and drew a bead on Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, causing catastrophic damages and killing more than 200 people, the task of recovery and rebuilding is continuing apace....
CEG - Mon September 30, 2024
The Ironpeddlers Holds Auction at Its Monroe, N.C., HQ
The Ironpeddlers recently held an auction at its headquarters in Monroe, N.C. The well attended auction drew bidders from across the Southeast in person and globally online to vie for a wide selection of equipment, including wheel loaders, excavators, dozers, backhoes, crawler loaders and more....
Raleigh News & Observer - Wed September 18, 2024
New York Developer Begins Work On $500M Multi-Use Development in Chapel Hill, N.C.
A new neighborhood offering more places to live, work and catch a bus to the campus of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and downtown Chapel Hill got its official launch Sept. 10 across from Southern Village....
