Why curry was in the road. Many of you are getting ready to head out on your morning drive and channel 9 is learning some of you may be more at risk for crashes than others. This month alone there have been a half dozen crashes from gilead to sanford road in huntersville. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno is live along that road to show us some of the issues theyre s. Highway patrol troopers tell channel 9 that there isnt much they can do because of the i77 toll lane construction and the placement of the safety barriers. Now, according to Highway Patrol, i77 is, quote, a mess of a road. So far this year, there were 228 crashes on the stretch through charlotte. 240 in february and 162 crashes in march already. Troopers we spoke with say there isnt much they can do because of the construction. According to Highway Patrol, the barriers make matters worse. There is no way to move wrecks parts of i77 resulting in long backups to an already congested inter. Prior to the construction startin
Construction zone so far, so good. Were looking at your drive times in the area. If youre coming down, yesterday, we saw an hour coming down from mooresville into huntersville. Right now. Currently. It is just nine minutes from 150 heading down towards sam furr at 65 miles an hour. As issues come up, well update you on channel 9 and twitter. Follow me this morning at traffic team nine. I77 is becoming really a constant headache for drivers who not only have to deal with toll construction but also a growing number of crashes. We tell you about the crashes on a regular basis they are happening between gilead and sam furr in mecklenburg county. Weve investigated the efforts to keep everyone safe . The problem is they cant move some of them because of the channel 9 learned there have been more than 600 crashes on i77 in 2016. There were 228 crashes on the stretch through charlotte, 40 in february, and 162 crashes in march already. That is double the amount of crashes on i85. According to t
If you are heading out for a morning walk, you might want to get it done earlier. By 10 00 low 60s. You can track the changes in today todays weather by using our weather app. Its free to download and it shows you the hour by hour forecast in your neighborhood and it will also give you alerts. Authorities charged four people in violent protest that broke out at a donald trump rally on friday. In it right there you can see protesters and sporters clashing in the streets and inside the venue. Four people are facing charges. Trump called property test a planned attack. Were injured. Trump called for protesters to be arrested. Get them out. You can hear them there saying get him out. They used pepper spray twice outside the rally. They arrested two people who refused to follow the law. They are disrupters. And let me tell you the reason they are doing it is because there has never been anything like this that has happened before. Yesterday afternoon the republican front runner had another
BOONE — Council members received an update from the High Country Council of Governments, among other business, during the Boone Town Council regular meeting on Wednesday, May 22.