Bill Allowing NC to Recover Litigation Costs from Unsuccessful Highway Project Challengers Has I-77 Express Opponents Worried

The Charlotte Observer reports, “A North Carolina Senate bill could make it harder to challenge – or block – state road projects, the head of a group fighting the Interstate 77 toll project said Monday [April 10]. Senate Bill 613 would allow the state to collect attorney’s fees and court costs if it wins a legal challenge to any transportation project.”