Memphis International Banks Future on Low Costs
(Memphis Business Journal)
Memphis International Airport is touting itself as one of the lowest-cost
airports in the U.S. --...
More Travelers Cross State
Line for Flights (Chattanooga Times-Free Press)
More are using Chattanooga's air service as they find added flights as well
as more competitive fares, according to officials...
Bill Would
Make State Toll Routes American-Owned (Tennessean)
Four projects have been proposed. American companies would have to be
majority owners of toll roads and bridges in Tennessee...
Cookeville Traffic
Analysis, Plan in The Works (Cookeville Herald-Citizen)
A transportation analysis and plan for the City of Cookeville is now being
studied by the city planning commission...
Returning TDOT
Funding Not Feasible This Session, Legislators Say (TFP/Hightower)
Hundreds of millions of dollars taken from the state's transportation
department over a six-year period probably won't be put back this year...
Tracy: Water, Budget Occupy Legislature (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
He spoke at a town meeting held in the Shelbyville Bedford County Chamber
of Commerce auditorium, part of a series of meetings held through the 16th District...
TDOT To Spread Word on SmartFIX40 Via Poster
(WBIR-TV Nashville)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is out to spread the word on
SmartFIX40 in an artistic way...
Posters to Announce I-40 Closure
(Knoxville News-Sentinel/Jacobs)
Campaign for May 1 project to be displayed regionally...State officials
this week are distributing posters warning of the May 1 closure of part of Interstate 40...
Y-12 Breaks Ground on Water Project (Oak
Ridger)
Local, federal and contracting officials broke ground Tuesday on a $62.5
million water system upgrade at the Y-12 National Security Complex...
Tennessee Gets Average Grade In State
Management (Murfreesboro Daily News Journal)
Tennessee received a B-minus, the average score among states, for its
management of state government, according to a report released Monday...
Williamson County: New Pipeline to Boost Water
Supply (Tennessean)
A new water line that will run under several county-owned roads could
create months of traffic problems but help bring more water to four utility districts...
Jobs Staying Put in Tennessee (Knoxville
News Sentinel)
The potential loss of 124 East Tennessee jobs was averted this week thanks
to collaboration between government officials in Cocke and Sevier counties...
Stage Set for next
Segments of 840 (Tennessean/Walters)
Work should resume in 2009 State Department of Transportation Commissioner
Gerald Nicely expects to have a "major contract" out later this year...
Highway 840 Completion
Moved to 2012 (Tennessean/Walters)
State Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely predicted
that State Route 840 will be completed in 2012, a year later than previous estimates...
Exit 20 Gets Traffics Signals
(Cleveland Daily Banner)
State Rep. Kevin Brooks said Friday evening he will continue to be known in
Nashville at "Mr.Exit 20" for awhile longer though traffic lights are being installed...
Center Hill Dam Leak (WZTV-TV Nashville)
Water worries of a different kind tonight at Center Hill Dam in Smithville.
The 60 year old dam has a leak in its foundation...
Two of Four Runways to Close at Nashville Airport (Associated
Press)
A runway at Nashville International Airport is closed for
maintenance...
TDOT Preparing for I-40 Closure (Knoxville
News-Sentinel/Jacbos)
Workers already putting signs up warning motorists...They're going to start
cropping up like dandelions in Spring...
Congress Calls for Safety Repairs at Center Hill Dam (Upper Cumberland Times)
"This has a huge affect on rate payers in Tennessee. If the repairs to
Center Hill Dam are not designated as being necessary for dam safety, then Tennesseans will have to fork over $300 million extra in their electric
bills...
Bus Ridership Continues
Surge (Tennessean)
Convenience and savins attract riders...Bus ridership in Nashville has
jumped 45 percent in six years,...
Memphis Remains Busiest Cargo Airport for 16 Years
(Commercial Appeal/Roberts)
Memphis International Airport has retained its title as the world's busiest
cargo airport just days after shippers named it the No.1 cargo airport...
State Nixes Water Treatment Plan (Johnson City
Press)
A balloon floated this week by Elizabethton Mayor Pro Tem Charles LaPorte
to build a water treatment plant on the Watauga River has been shot down by the state of Tennessee...
Study of Interstate 75 Traffic
to Begin in August (Times Free-Press/Hightower)
A study of how to solve traffic congestion along Interstate 7 from the
Georgia to Kentucky lines will begin in August,...
Dike Built on Wetlands Spurs Probe
(Tennessean/Paine)
State agency violated law, Army Corps says Federal agencies have stepped in
to investigating Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency's construction of a gated dike near the Black Swamp...
Waterways
Funding Shortfall Puts Squeeze on Chickamauga Lock (Chattonooga Times-Free Press)
The federally administered Inland Waterways Trust Fund could be depleted by
the end of the year...
Regional Airports Receive Grants from State to
Remain Viable (Memphis Biz Journal)
Thanks to a $990,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation
Aeronautics Commission, the Millington Airport Authority wil soon be able to begin Capital improvements to the airport's runway...
TDOT Prepares for Yearlong Shutdown of I-40
Section in Knoxville (AP)
When a section of Interstate 40 at downtown Knoxville closes for more than
a year beginning this summer, it will mean a change of plans for thousands of motorists...
State Plans Study of Widening
I-75 (Cleveland Daily Banner)
Tennessee will begin a study to widen Interstate 75 through the
heavily-traveled corridor from Georgia to Kentucky...
Breakfast Offers Taste of House Election Battle
(Johnson City Press)
A hint of how the upcoming election battle between first-term Rep. Kent
Williams and his challenger Jerome Cochran will be fought was revealed Friday...
Some Statewide Road Projects
Being Delayed (Jackson Sun)
Lower-than-expected state tax collections and the increased cost for raw
materials are forcing the Tennessee Department of Transportation to delay some statewide road projects...
Smyrna
Airport is Flying High (Daily News Journal)
Two years ago, Smyrna Airport focused on Midstate businesses when the
Federal Aviation Administration approved its plans for a 350-acre business park...
Toll Roads (Knoxville News
Sentinel)
This past year, I (along with eight talented writers) received a great
opportunity. Once a month, I was given a voice in our local paper. I had a reserved space in which I could freely examine the issues facing our
community and, hopefully, offer some solutions...
Guest
Column: Tennessee Has Big Stake in Colombia FTA
Approval
by Congress of The Free Trade Agreement with Colombia Will Enhance Our Area's Competitiveness and Level the Playing Field for Tennessee's Exporters -
By Carlos M. Gutierrez and Bob Corker (Commercial Appeal)
By road, rail, air or water, all roads lead to memphis...The River City
knows that today those roads don't end at our borders and we must do everything we can to be competitive in an increasingly global
marketplace...
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