Spanish toll road firm Cintra <CCIT.MC> reported a jump of over a quarter in 2006 core earnings on Thursday, fueled by higher traffic and raised tariffs, beating forecasts and driving shares higher.

According to the documents, Cintra is proposing adding two express lanes on each side of the 9.4-mile stretch of I-77 from I-277 to the Interstate 485 outer intersection.

Cintra also was fined tens of thousands of dollars daily for missing an opening deadline. The CRTPO submitted an I-77 South express lanes project to NCDOT in 2014.

Cintra built the I-77 toll lanes in north Mecklenburg, and the company made its unsolicited proposal to do the same thing for I-77 South.

I-77 South. I fully support the proposal from Cintra to build express lanes on I-77 south to South Carolina.. The widening and addition of express lanes on I-77 north has been a tremendous success.