Last week, the effort to cancel the 50 year contract and stop the I77 HOT lanes project achieved the unthinkable. HB954 passed the NC House by a vote of 81-27.
As you can see, the vote was overwhelmingly bi-partisan with support across the state. 8 of 12 Mecklenburg County representatives supported the bill with one being absent during last Thursday's vote.
Now comes the hard part - the NC Senate.
For various reasons the Senate seems significantly less keen on the idea of cancelling the contract. The bill is sitting in the Senate Transportation Committee, but if it stays there it will be dead by the end of the month.
aShortChronicle was started in large part to encourage citizen activism. This moment may be the most important one since the site's inception. Please take this moment to send a brief message to the below list of NC Senators. Ask them to support HB954. Mention HB954 in the subject line. Be polite and be brief.
This is as close as this effort has ever been to stopping this project. Help make that happen!
NC Senate
Andrew.Brock@ncleg.net,
Andy.Wells@ncleg.net,
Angela.Bryant@ncleg.net,
Ben.Clark@ncleg.net,
Bill.Cook@ncleg.net,
Bill.Rabon@ncleg.net,
David.Curtis@ncleg.net,
Brent.Jackson@ncleg.net,
Buck.Newton@ncleg.net,
Chad.Barefoot@ncleg.net,
Dan.Blue@ncleg.net,
Bob.Rucho@ncleg.net,
Don.Davis@ncleg.net,
Erica.Smith-Ingram@ncleg.net,
Fletcher.Hartsell@ncleg.net,
Floyd.McKissick@ncleg.net,
Gladys.Robinson@ncleg.net,
Harry.Brown@ncleg.net,
Harry.Brown@ncleg.net,
Jane.Smith@ncleg.net,
Jay.Chaudhuri@ncleg.net,
Jeff.Jackson@ncleg.net,
Jeff.Tarte@ncleg.net,
Jerry.Tillman@ncleg.net,
Jim.Davis@ncleg.net,
Joel.Ford@ncleg.net,
John.Alexander@ncleg.net,
Joyce.Krawiec@ncleg.net,
Joyce.Waddell@ncleg.net,
Kathy.Harrington@ncleg.net,
Louis.Pate@ncleg.net,
Michael.Lee@ncleg.net,
Mike.Woodard@ncleg.net,
Norman.Sanderson@ncleg.net,
Paul.Lowe@ncleg.net,
Phil.Berger@ncleg.net,
Ralph.Hise@ncleg.net,
Rick.Gunn@ncleg.net,
Ron.Rabin@ncleg.net,
Shirley.Randleman@ncleg.net,
Stan.Bingham@ncleg.net,
Tamara.Barringer@ncleg.net,
Terry.VanDuyn@ncleg.net,
Tom.Apodaca@ncleg.net,
Tom.McInnis@ncleg.net,
Tommy.Tucker@ncleg.net,
Trudy.Wade@ncleg.net,
Valerie.Foushee@ncleg.net,
Warren.Daniel@ncleg.net,
Wesley.Meredith@ncleg.net,
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