Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 11/23/14

Some of the quiet country roads of central North Carolina might not be so quiet much longer.
The first permits for natural gas exploration in the state could be issued in the spring, and N.C. Department of Transportation officials are trying to assess how the state’s rural roads will be affected by thousands of truckloads of chemicals, water, sand and mechanical equipment associated with hydraulic fracturing or fracking.

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