18-wheelers in NCDOT crosshairs
After a lot of back and forth between NC Highway Patrol and the NC Department of Transportation, it looks like there is some real movement to curtail if not eliminate tractor-trailers on the Gorge Road. […]
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Mayor plugs partnering at combined meeting
Last week, Highlands Mayor Patrick Taylor, town commissioners and staff traveled to Franklin for a joint meeting with the Franklin Town Council and the Macon County Board of Commissioners. Three times a year, the town […]
Mayor on Duty
This is the time of the year where I attend numerous meetings concerning budget initiatives and projects impacting the town. Here are some meeting highlights. Two weeks ago, I traveled to Cherokee to attend a […]
Community input ‘beautifies’ Main Street
Last Thursday the Town Board and a number of concerned citizens and shop owners discussed proposals for beautifying Main Street. The issue came up when NCDOT announced that its 25-year repaving plan of Main Street […]
Mayor on Duty
Recent feedback makes me think some folks view the Highlands Plateau as a sovereign nation where citizens control everything. On the other hand, current situations remind me that is not the case. In the discussion […]
NCDOT gets mixed reactions to proposed NC 106 ‘modernization’
Send comments for consideration by Sept. 13 With visions of the scarred US 64 corridor through the Lake Toxaway area fresh in their minds, many who attended the Department of Transportation’s NC 106 presentation last […]