Knoxville Prepares for Smart FIX-40 Project (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
It's called SmartFIX-40, but if you have to drive in Knoxville, you may be using harsher words to
describe it over the next year...
Vehicle Road Tax Rolls Around
in Blount Again (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Wilson)
To address what are being described as critical road improvement needs in Blount County, the
possibility of a $10-per-vehicle wheel tax is being discussed again,...
Wheel Tax Proposed to Get Federal Road Funds (Daily Times)
Talk of using revenues from a wheel tax to capture millions of dollars in federal funding for road
improvements surfaced at the Blount County Budget Committee...
Draft Study Looks at Impact
of Dam Fixes (Tennessean/Paine)
A draft environmental study related to changes that could result from rehabilitating Center Hill and
Dale Hollow dames in Tennessee and the Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky...
NET Trans Helps Residents in
Seven Counties Get Where They Need To Go (Kingsport Times - News)
You've seen the white vans plying country roads all over the region, most of them with extended
roofs, indicating wheelchair access...
Airport
Receives Grant For Repairs (State Gazette)
The Dyersburg Municipal Airport on Friday was announced as the recipient of a $27,500 grant from the
Tennessee Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division...
Options Weighed To Ease I-40 Traffic (Jackson Sun)
TDOT official, planner offer solutions...Widening Interstate 40 from four to six lanes was among
potential solutions discussed...
Parkway Bridge Still on Schedule (Leaf Chronicle)
Despite the recent rainfall, state officials say the pedestrian bridge over the 101st Airborne
Division Parkway near Heritage Park remains on schedule for its May completion...
State May Remove Toll Projects Limit (Tennessean/Sanchez)
Pay-as-you-go highways will still be years away...Tennessee may soon get the green light to build
more toll roads and bridges than the two pilot projects lawmakers approved last year...
Tougher Tennessee Open Container Law Could Mean More Money for Roads (WVLT Knoxville)
A legislative proposal for a stricter open-container law in Tennessee could allow officials to spend
more money on infrastructure projects instead of safety programs...
Emergency Closure of Market St. Bridge Tonight (WTVC-TV Chattanooga)
The State of Tennessee Department of Transportation is closing the Market Street Bridge for emergency
inspection and repair...
Road Gets Bumpy for Toll Bill (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Hightower)
State Sen. Tommy Kilby, D-Wartburg, said Wednesday a bill he sponsored allowing more studies of toll
roads and bridges faces opposition,....
Tennessee Lawmakers Advance Bills to Amend Tollway Act (Land Line Magazine)
With the state struggling to pay for needed transportation work, multiple measures moving through the
Tennessee statehouse would expand the number of projects that could be paid off through tolls...
Three-County Partnership Moves Forward With Industrial Plan (Crossville Chronicle)
Development Area Director Joe Woody recently joined community leaders for Cumberland, Morgan and
Roane counties to announce Rural Development will fund the Plateau Partnership Park (PPP) feasibility study necessary to move forward on this
industrial development project...
Overpass to be Resurfaced
(Crossville Leaf Chronicle)
Construction crews are getting ready to resurface the Wilma Rudolph Boulevard overpass connecting
101st Airborne Division Parkway and Warfield Boulevard...
State
Transportation Committee Will Look at Toll Bill Next Week (Chattanooga Times-Free Press)
A bill allowing more studies of toll roads and bridges will be up for a vote next week in the Senate
Transportation Committee,...
Stricter Public Safety in Tennessee Could Free Up Road Money (Insurance Journal)
A proposal to tighten Tennessee's open-container law could allow state officials to spend more money
on infrastructure projects instead of on safety programs...
Water Summit
Planned at Horton Park (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
A brainstorming session is scheduled Thursday evening at Henry Horton State Park in Marshall County
to reach consensus on how to deal with drought in the Duck River Watershed,...
Tenn.
Senator Has New Plan For Fuel Tax (WSMV-TV Nashville)
Lamar Alexander says some money not going where it's needed...
Governor Declares April 7-11 Work Zone Awareness Week (Daily News Journal)
Gov. Phil Bredesen has proclaimed the week of April 7-11 as Work Zone Awareness Week joining states
across the nation to remind motorists to be safe in work zones...
The Sparks Fly as I-65 Overpass Gets an Overhaul (Tennessean)
The state is sprucing up the bridge that carries Thompson Lane over Interstate 65, creating a sparkly
light show in the process...
Airways Bridge in Need of Repair (Commercial Appeal/Charlier)
Strong currents washing away bed material around pier's base...The Airways bridge over Nonconnah
Creek is undergoing emergency repairs...
State Breaks
Ground Today on SR95 Widening (Oak Ridger)
State and local officials will have a groundbreaking ceremony this morning for a long-awaited road
widening project on state Route 95...
Bridge Near Memphis Airport Under Emergency Repairs (Associated Press)
A bridge that is part of the main route to the Memphis International Airport is undergoing emergency
repairs...
Stormwater
Programs Trickle Down to Smaller Communities (TFP/Moore)
Some 35 years after the federal Clean Water Act went into effect, stormwater management programs have
moved to smaller cities and towns in Northwest Georgia and Southeast Tennessee...
Senate To Consider
Testing Privatized Road Maintenance (City Paper/ Lawson)
A resolution is working its way through the state Legislature that urges the state to test the
concept of privatized road maintenance...
Drought Eases, but Tenn. Towns Plan for Crises (Tennessean)
Jim Chittum has a lush, thriving lawn he hasn't had time to mow in between recent rains...Just eight
months ago, his landscape was struggling as record-breaking drought plagued...
Work Zone Awareness
Week (WKSR-TV Pulaski)
Governor Phil Bredesen has proclaimed this week as Work Zone Awareness Week,...
Proceeding With Caution
(Knoxville News-Sentinel/Jacobs)
As SmartFIX40 looms, state promotes work-zone awareness...with the largest road construction project
in the state's history under way, officials couldn't pick a better place to announce that Monday marked the beginning of National Work Zone Awareness
Week...
Officials Break Ground on SR 95 Project (Oak Ridger)
Local and state Officials joined construction representatives to break ground Friday on a
long-awaited road-widening project in West Oak Ridge...
Walnut Grove Bridge Opens Early (Commercial Appeal/ McKenzie)
Final paving, other tasks still to be finished by summer...Gasoline prices had "skyrocketed" to a
national average of about $2.40 a gallon...
TDOT Tries to Educate
Drivers About Safety in Work Zones (Tennessean/ Sanchez)
Video from fatal crash is one tool in agency's effort...The video ends with 18-year-old Dustin Fraher
lying in his coffin...
Right Turn Gets Green Light (Knoxville News-Sentinel/ Jacobs)
I-640 Intersection gets leeway, but Greenway limited...As part of the pending closure of Interstate
40, the long-established prohibition against drivers making a right turn on red where the interstate 640 ramp meets Broadway...
SR 95 Tree Clearing Concerns Residents
(The Oak Ridger)
Some residents say they're not happy about the larger, older trees being cut down in West Oak
Ridge...
TDOT
Proposes Widening Interstate 81 (Kingsport Times-News)
KINGSPORT -- A final report is expected sometime next month from an 18-month look at Tennessee's
major artery...
Senate
Committee Declines to Lift Cap on Toll Projects (Associated Press/Edwards)
The Senate sponsor of a proposal to remove limits on how many toll roads or bridges coul d be built
in Tennessee has withdrawn the bill from consideration for the year...
House Transportation Chairman Phillip Pinion to Retire (Associated Press/Schelzig)
House Transportation Chairman Phillip Pinion has decided not to run for an 11th term in the
Legislature...
TDOT To Plant Tribute To
Traffic Victims (Tennessean/Sanchez)
State officials say roadside memorials pose safety risks...Chris Johnson' s daily travels take
him past the site where his 16-year-old son. died in a car wreck in 2006...
CSX To Expand Tennessee Facility (CNNmoney.com)
CSX Transportation (NYSE: CSX) Inc., a subsidiary of railroad operator CSX Corp., said Thursday it
plans to spend about $9 million to upgrade a facility in Erwin, Tenn....
TDOT Starting Plant Memorial Program For Highways (Associated Press)
Roadside memorials for lives lost on Tennessee highways could be disappearing as the state starts a
new planting program intended to replace items left by family and friends...
First Utility District Project Is Region's #1 (The Rogersville Review)
First Utility District has received the Rebuild Tennessee Award at a Tennessee Development District
Association conference in Nashville...
14-Month I-40 Shutdown Will Mean New Routes, Potential Surprises (KNS/Jacobs)
For those who can recall nothing about Interstate 40 but decades of construction delays, Tennessee
Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely has a comforting thought...
Other Complex Projects Offer Lessons (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Jacbos)
Major closures in St. Louis, Indianapolis went smoothly...
New Road Projects List Skips Region (Chattanooga Times Free Press/Hightower)
No new road projects will come to Southeast Tennessee counties other than Hamilton this
year...
Tellico Dam Still Generating Debate (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Wilson)
1970's snail-darter case was high-water mark of discord over structure's merits...On some level it
was all about an adverb, that controversy three decades ago...
At Home or Work, Road Project Means Change (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Dunlap)
Residents trade traffic for construction noise...After living for years alongside Interstate 40,
retired truck driver Willis Jackson learned to cope with the intrusive sounds of big rigs rolling past his East Knoxville home...
Businesses, Truckers Making Plans to Offset Impact (Knox News-Sentinel/Jacobs)
A sign announcing the Red Carpet Inn motel on Cherry Street rises high above Interstate 40 in East
Knoxville,...
Limestone Shipments Push Growth in Tonnage at Port of Memphis (Tennessean)
The International Port of Memphis is quietly celebrating a high-water mark in terms of
tonnage...
Backup Plans Set For Detour
Traffic Snarls (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Jacobs)
Plans in place for quick clearance of wrecks, spills Drivers forced by the closure of Interstate 40
to use detour routes...
Tennessee
Welcome Center Will Relocate This Weekend (Associated Press)
The Tennessee Welcome Center on Interstate 75 will close Friday and relocate to a temporary
site...
Virginia: Kaine to Propose
New Transportation Legislation (Washington Times)
Gov. Tim Kaine knows this movie by heart: Virginia lawmakers fight over funding for new roads on and
off for months before calling it quits...
Massachusetts: Governor Seeks $3.8b to Fix Bridges (Boston Globe)
Says bond plan would bring 23,000 jobs...Governor Deval Patrick plans today to unveil a $3.8 billion
bond proposal to repair 411 deteriorating bridges throughout the state...
Vermont: Vermont Towns
Try to Find Their Roads Less Traveled (New York Times)
In the slow-paced towns of Vermont, musty archive vaults are getting a curious amount of foot traffic
this year. With magnifying glasses to decode old handwriting and tissues for dust-induced sneezing,...
Georgia: Maglev Politics, Study on Track (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Yount)
The Georgia General Assembly didn't pass a resolution urging support for a high-speed rail link
between the Chattanooga and Atlanta airports,...
New Jersey: Toll Road Offers New Jersey a Fiscal Test Drive (New York Times)
The 157-mile-long toll road that slices through northern Indiana and connects Ohio to Illinois is as
unremarkable as they come...
Alabama: Work
Slows on Maples Bridge on Alabama 127 (Athens, AL News Courier)
Traffic is down to one lane over Maples Bridge on Alabama 127 and an Alabama Department of
Transportation official said it would probably stay that way for several more weeks...
Editorial: Good Reasons to Pass Open-Container Law (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
What's so hard about not drinking and driving? We're not just talking about the drivers here - why
should it be ok for the passengers to drink either?...
Editorial: Tolls Offer One Solution to State's Woes (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
The Tennessee House wisely removed restrictions last week on how many toll roads or bridges could be
built in the state...
Gerald Nicely: TDOT Trying Something 'Smart' With I-40 (Oak Ridger)
Each day, hundreds of thousands of people travel Interstate 40 through downtown Knoxville, whether
it's their daily commute or a vacation to the Smoky Mountains. In about a month, your trip through Knoxville will be dramatically
different...
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