The necessary work thats needed , coordination work for with fta to recommend the grant so are we feeling so confident about this that we dont have any sort of backup or contingency plan . We are feeling very confident about it. Based on the work we have done with fta. The limited notices to proceed having issued specifically for the Design Elements of the project. So if for some reason the full Funding Grant agreement and not materialize the wasnt another alternative we would be able to terminate those contracts. That is not the expectation. We have further backup plans in the event that the full Funding Grant agreement is delayed beyond what we have now as march 1 for the notice to proceed for construction could we have enough money for fiscal year 17 through the other sources to cover but at this point there is no reason for us to have any expectation other than we are going to receive that grant. All right, thank you. Okay. Any further questions . We will move on to Public Comment.
Lets get you back out on the roads for an update on the traffic news. Independence boulevard. We had reports of an accident at 2000block. I looked at the d. O. T. Cameras heading inbound towards the john belk and brookshire and im not spotting anything blocking any lanes. Drive time technology, not picking up on any slow downs as well as we look near briar creek. Green conditions heading inbound. 48 miles an hour. 14 minutes from matthews. No big issues. There we had reports of malfunctioning traffic lights. Were en route to check that out. It looks like they may have turned back on but well make sure. Weve been monitoring the hundreds of outages in Mecklenburg County. It has been two days since this storm hit. Lets look at this map from duke energy. You can see the number of outages have dropped dramatically. You can see where folks are affected here on 118 in south charlotte. Different locations. And crews have cut the number in half since we talked to you at 11 00 last night. We hav
The fbi is sending belgian officials following agents to assist belgian officials following coordinated attacks in brussels. And an urgent manhunts underway europe for the away. Belgiums Prime Minister has called National Mourning following the terror attacks. 34people were killed and more than 200 others hurt, including americans. Police have now confirmed these men were behind the bombings. The two on the left are dead and theyre trying to find the third man. Isis has claimed responsibility for this cowardly act of terrorism. Jonathan vigliotti is in brussels with more. Three missionaries from utah who were seriously injured and an American Service member and his family. One of the utah men was also at the Boston Marathon bombing. One of the last planes to leave the Brussels Airport before the attack landed safely at sanfordorlando international airport. The flight took off just 8minutes before the first bomb went off. Plane didnt learn about the bombings until after landing because
Disturbance several times. Child initially taken to john muir hospital but then short time later wheeled out on stretcher and transported to Childrens Hospital oakland. Police tell us its a good sipe he did not need to be airlifted. Melanie is in concord and we have a live report coming up on 7 news at 11 00 over on channel 7 and of course breaking news update follow us on twitter at this web site. Only on abc 7 news man from marin county pleaded not guilty today to a federal stolen valor charge almost a year after the 7 news ayatollah iteam first exposed. Hes accused of raising thousands of dollars by preten pretending to be a war hero. Dan is at work with the developments today. Charging document say greg allen raised 23,000 dollars by posing as a marine veteran using fake metal with two various valor. He entered a not guilty plea. What does it mean. Are you saying he didnt do it. Not guilty plea is denial that there has been a violation of the offense. Not guilty plea can always be