Lawmakers move ahead with 'red route' repeal
WRAL excerpt
Wake County leaders have planned for years for a N.C. 540 corridor
– the "orange route" – that would take the loop south of Garner.
But federal officials insisted on studying alternate routes,
including the "red route," which would take the highway
through the middle of Garner.
At the request of Garner Mayor Ronnie Williams,
state lawmakers passed a law in 2011
that banned transportation officials from even studying the red route.
