Garden Parkway Documents Library
- NC Turnpike Website
- Includes an overview and the draft environmental impact statement
- Stop the Toll Road
- Maps, Links to local news clippings, Videos of news coverage, etc.
- Route Over Catawba Chosen For "Garden Parkway"
- A route has been chosen for the "Garden Parkway" running from near the Charlotte airport through southern Gaston County.
- Garden Parkway Preferred Alternative 9
- Garden Parkway Preferred Alternative 9
- CRF Comments on Garden Parkway
- Comments by Catawba Riverkeeper, Clean Air Carolina and Southern Environmental Law Center on Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Gaston East-West Connector Project (Garden Parkway)
- Catawba Riverkeeper Comments on Final Environmental Impact Statement for Garden Parkway
- On February 22, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed comments on behalf of Catawba Riverkeeper and Clean Air Carolina questioning the adequacy of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and the need for the Gaston East-West Connector Project (Garden Parkway).
- NC Held Back Data on Bypass, Documents Say
- Steve Harrison with the Charlotte Observer wrote an article that appeared in Wednesday's paper about some "untruths" surrounding the Monroe Connector-Bypass and Gaston Garden Parkway.
- Kevin Siers- Charlotte Observer 2011 Cartoon
- Political Cartoon depicting the relationship of Monroe Connector-Bypass and the Gaston Garden Parkway, both NC Turnpike Authority projects.
- Data Manipulation Must Not Be Tolerated
- Charlotte Observer Editorial regarding data manipulation for studies of Monroe Connector-Bypass, and potential problems with Gaston Garden Parkway
- Supporters Circle Wagons as Parkway in Peril
- With 64% of Gaston County residents opposing the Garden Parkway in 2010, Michael Barrett of Gaston Gazette reports on efforts to raise public support for a tax-funded toll road.
- Stop the Parkway - It won't help congestion!
- Video rebutting claims that building the Garden Parkway through southern Gaston County will alleviate congestion.
- Garden Parkway Funding in Jeopardy
- Support for funding the Garden Parkway project with state funds is dwindling.
- Catawba Riverkeeper Files Lawsuit to Stop "Garden Parkway"
- On August 28, 2012, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Catawba Riverkeeper and Clean Air Carolina challenging the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Garden Parkway, which would run from the Charlotte airport, across Lake Wylie and the South Fork of the Catawba to southern Gaston County.
- Complaint in "Garden Parkway" Case
- A copy of the complaint filed in the "Garden Parkway" case on August 28, 2012.
- Raleigh Toll Road May Be the Last
- The Triangle Expressway opened for business this year as North Carolina’s first modern toll road. It could be the state’s last toll road for a long time. Because of mounting opposition from environmental lawyers and Republican legislators, all five toll roads and bridges under development by the state Department of Transportation now face big challenges in the General Assembly or the courts – or both.
- Special Interest Money Puts Garden Parkway Back on Priority List
- URGENT CALL TO ACTION – STOP THE UNDEAD TOLL ROAD. YOUR PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS NEEDED BY TUESDAY MAY 7.
