MATTHEWS, N.C. – Hundreds of property owners could be in the path of a construction project down Independence Boulevard between Charlotte and Matthews. NCDOT crews will widen Independence between 277 and 485 and some property owners will be forced to sell their land for the project.

More than 200 residential and commercial property owners are in path of the project.

“They’ll take your land and they’ll give you nothing for it if you let them and I don’t like that,” Mike Todd, Property Owner said.

By 2027, crews will begin widening the six mile stretch of Independence with plans for new roads, bridges and interchanges. Mike Todd says his land has been acquired by NCDOT in the past.

“I am certain that they will take some of my property,” Todd said. “I’m fearful that they will leave me

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