To the north and really help preserve those neighborhoods, but then allow the new development. Helping to anchor all the growth this soon to the old Wastewater Treatment plant hit hard in the 2008 flood. Its been fun to see, a lot of down around the corner here, the new midwestone building and seems to make a lot of sense. Ryan baker owns world of bikes, a shop in the middle of the now riverfront crossings district along gilbert street. Baker says hes happy to see the growth bringing new life to the area. And he has high hopes for whats next. If we could get nice coffee shop down here, a few more good lunch places, a brewery, who knows . And there are more plans in the including two 15 story towers. One a hotel, another apartments. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, were building up to a beautiful weekend High Pressure builds into the area keeping us with a brighter outlook toward the weekend. We sti
So a nice wander. West wind six miles an hour. In boone, 34, 51 charlotte, 48 in salisbury. In the afternoon, highs mid 50s just slightly below average for this time of the year. 56 to 54, 48 at 7 00. 9 00, a chance of showers, and 46. Beyond that, we have a very nice looking warming trend for the weekend with highs upper 60s by saturday. That coming up in a few minute. Anchor more weather across the northeast, a mix of snow and ice causing a tough commute today. This is video in new york as snow plows took to the streets. Many schools in new england are closed or delayed. Gone are the subzero temperatures and dangerous wind chills. Temperatures expected to rise to the 50s in some areas. That will melt a lot of snow. Weather conditions in new york, washington, d. C. , that is we just checked and saw still a few delays listed. Earlier this morning, we caught up with frustrated flyers at charlottemecklenburg international. My wife is pregnant. It is kind of hard traveling, waiting, and y
Monroe, charlotte, gastonia, 49 in rock hill and 50 in lancaster. Wind up at 53, a lot cooler than yesterday, heaviest, steadiest of the rain comes this morning. Tapers off this afternoon to more showerytype rain. We should rebound in the lower 50s. Having said that, there is more rain back to the west of us, you can see that here. That is the next round coming our way, ill give you the timing with futurecast in a couple minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Heres chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. Well start with a live look here at i77, nations ford, as al mentioned give yourself extra time the roads are wet out there this morning. Charlotte commute mainly running in the green, no problems, 77 or 85, but we do have an injury accident being listed, mcdowell at 4th street, that is right outside center city inside 277, so be aware of that. North, driv
Live along il 5 and district 12 i85 and district 12. Interstate. North carolina lawmakers made new lines yesterday. District 12 is split up and most people across the state find district. The General Assembly is under pressure to get this map approved by tomorrows deadline. Without new lines, the congressional primary cant happen next month. Voters we spoke with say they are very conc. Why werent we given more notice about the changes . I like the changes it is more clear and not questionable, but it is very close to the. It is still unclear how Congressional Election will be impacted even with the new lines including here in district 12 which would be left without an incumbent. The special session begins at 10 a. M. Joe bruno, channel 9, Eyewitness News. State republicans hope the u. S. Supreme court will grant their request to delay fridays however, channel 9 has learned the Supreme Court is altering the schedule following the death of justice antonin scalia. Justices wont hold the s
With more or this change of course. Reporter our investigation took us to texas, we drove the highway in question, 130 in texas. Got a first hand account what it was like, opened our eyes because not many people were driving on that highway out there. A toll road just like i77 would be here in charlotte. Now i want to show you video of that highway there, 130 in texas, the company that operates that road declared bankruptcy on wednesday, that road is owned by a subsidiary of the spanish company, cintra, the same company contracted by ncdot to build the i77 toll lanes. North carolinas transportation secretary is now looking for a way to break the states contract and that is welcome news to Mecklenburg County commissioner jim puckett who was against this from the beginning. The end of the day what you have is this is an embarrassment, ncdot used texas as the poster child why this is great financially and from a really blows up in their face. Reporter now we also reached out to cintra, th