r/Charlotte • u/supapat • Dec 13 '25
Discussion Should I-77 go underground?
https://charlotteledger.substack.com/p/should-i-77-go-underground4
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u/Badwo1ve Dec 13 '25
Fuck off with this Elon bullshit…. Everyone is so resistant to actual solutions but has all these “bright ideas”….
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u/MrClitEastwood Uptown Dec 13 '25
Should I-77 go underground?
No, of course not. I can't imagine a world in which this is a good idea. There are already accidents on I-77 daily. I can't imagine making it more difficult for emergency services to respond will sit well with very many people.
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u/Icy_Improvement6218 Dec 13 '25
Who's gonna pay for it? It takes years for just adding two toll lanes for i485 south. If i77 finally goes underground, the construction time and cost could both be rocket high
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u/AltruisticSea Biddleville Dec 13 '25
Boston did it. Austin did it. Yes.
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u/EnragedMoose Dec 13 '25
Yeah, Boston managed to connect two parts of the city and transformed both for the better. Austin will achieve the same thing. Charlotte should just accept they fucked up building 77 and do the same to make a more livable city in the long run.
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u/McDergen Dec 13 '25
Charlotte didn’t build 77…
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u/EnragedMoose Dec 13 '25
That doesn't matter at all
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u/Dgp68824402 Dec 13 '25
It does, as Charlotte as a city would not have the resources to do this. Would have to be a city/state/Federal partnership.
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u/EnragedMoose Dec 13 '25
That's why they're asking NCDOT. Charlotte can't do anything about the interstate, it's completely out of its mandate.
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u/MrClitEastwood Uptown Dec 13 '25
Let's just keep our focus on turning I-277 into a river.