Robert Harrington

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Charlotte City Council · City Council Special Meeting on 2026-06-18 12:00 PM - Mayoral Candidate Interviews - Jun 18, 2026 · 18 Jun 2026 meeting

We can't do anything without hearing the voices of the public.

I think there's no question that there's a congestion problem.

There are congestion problems all over the metropolitan area, but there's a particular congestion problem on 77 South.

To address that problem,

I know we have the regional areas with Carpo, but it also takes the legislature, and I think we have to have meaningful dialogue with the legislature with communication going both ways.

And so it is the need for Charlotte to be, in fact, a municipal area, a municipal place that is treated with integrity.

But it's also the realization that funding and a lot of control emanates from Raleigh and, for that matter, from Washington.

So I don't think any of these are simple problems.

I think communication is vital.

I think finding a way to reengage in an appropriate way in the process of developing 77 South is important.

I think it has to be done.

I think it is an immediate priority for whoever holds this role.

And I think we have to be attentive to the public.

We have to, and part of being attentive to the public is communicating both the city, but also importantly the state and the Department of Transportation communicating fully and effectively with the citizens.

There's a whole, I mean, we all know there's a whole lot of background here.

There are years and years of background here that are real to people, and they're real to people who are my age.

And so how we address those concerns of, it gets back to trust again, trust as we go forward is important.

But I do think we have to re-engage in that discussion and figure out how we handle those challenges of transportation from middle of Charlotte to the South Carolina border.

We can't ignore that issue.

Yeah, I think it's a broad issue that involves affordability, affordable housing, and the issues that I mentioned earlier with Council Member of how we make sure that a prosperous city

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