CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The N.C. Department of Transportation and N.C. Turnpike Authority is inviting the public to learn more about a project to improve 11 miles of Interstate 77 in south Charlotte.

The proposed improvements include adding express lanes to the interstate, from the South Carolina state line to I-277/N.C. 16 (Brookshire Freeway) in Uptown Charlotte. Additionally, developers would reconstruct the interchanges and non-interchange bridges as well as access points and direct connectors to the express lanes.

It has a projected price tag of $3.2 billion, making it the most expensive project in NCDOT history, Division Engineer Brett Canipe said.

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