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Toll-free: Wilmington officials shoot down private toll replacement proposal for Cape Fear Memorial


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The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge needs to be replaced, but the NCDOT is out of money. For the last month , the region debated a privatized option.
After hearing a series of public comments mostly opposed the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization voted 7-5 to reject the further exploration of an unsolicited proposal to privatize the operation of a replacement bridge. That leaves the future of the Cape Fear Memorial in serious question but, for now, rules out a toll bridge.
The vote caps a month of public debate, which began after NCDOT publicly revealed to WMPO members that it lacked the funding to replace the bridge and implied that maintenance and repair costs would continue to increase. NCDOT presented a proposal from an unnamed company to privately build and manage a new bridge. Details, especially the expected toll rate, were ....

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