Perdue-backed DOT changes get unveiled
The Department of Transportation says North Carolina's road-building decisions will be based on long-term goals - not on appeasing powerful political interests.
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Transportation Secretary Gene Conti discussed a new plan Wednesday that the agency will use to choose road and other transit projects. Gov. Bev Perdue told Conti in January to come up with a plan that would take politics out of the process.
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"We're not interested in people who want to be on the board so they can get a project for their county or their region or anything else," the new secretary said.
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