Bredesen Unsure About $145M Bond Idea to Finish Nashville Bypass
(AP/Schelzig)
Transportation Commissioner Jerry Nicely on Friday proposed issuing $145 million bond to close a
19-mile gap in a bypass around Nashville by the end of 2011...
Georgia: Piping TN River, A Possible
Solution to Drought (A. Journal-Constitution)
Could Tennessee River help rescue metro Atlanta?...
Litter Grants Increase to Improve Highways (Sidelines)
On Nov.21, Governor Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Transportation
Commissioner Gerald Nicely announced $3.8 million in litter grants would be divided and given to Tennessee's 95 counties...
Rhea Awaits Word on Rail
Crossing (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Hightower)
Installation of a railroad crossing gate at an intersection near Spring City has
been delayed because the county is awaiting approval by TDOT,...
TDOT Reveals Plans for
Dangerous Intersection (WJHL-TV Johnson City)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation makes plans to transform a dangerous
intersection into the Tri-Cities region...
A Water Pipe Dream
(Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Flessner, Davis)
Atlanta boasts the world's busiest airport, and Chattanooga is built along one of
America's largest rivers...
Transit Improvements are Slated Along U.S. 31E in Sumner (Tennessean)
Sumner County commuters traveling to Nashville are slated for traffic
improvements, but it might take years...
Bringing Holiday Spirit, Bredesen Hands Out
$1 Million in Grants (Times Daily)
Although Christmas is three weeks away, Gov. Phil Bredesen came to Lawrenceburg
on Tuesday morning bearing gifts...
TDOT Knew Nothing About Flags Near
840 (Tennessean/Wiersma)
It's a local mystery to some: Who erected a flagpole at the intersection of state
Route 840 and Highway 31...
TDOT Selects Gibco for Some
Exit 11 Work (Cleveland Dialy Banner)
Gibco Construction in Cleveland will be involved in a $51 million road
construction project at Interstae 75...
$250,000 Earmarked
for Sidewalk Construction (Bristol Herald-Courier)
Paying for infrastructure around the new Fairmount Elementary School will be a
little costly now for city school officials...
Center Hill Dam Improvement Cited
(Associated Press)
Center Hill Dam will be strengthened before it becomes a danger, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers say...
TDOT Extends Comment Period for US 127
Improvements (Associated Press)
The state Transportation Department has extended the public comment period
regarding improvements to US 127 on the northern Cumberland Plateau...
Governor Awards Grants for Infrastructure
Improvements (Nashville Business Journal)
Gov. Phil Bredesen and Economics and Community Development Commissioner Matthew
Kisber approved more than $21 million in Community Development Block Grants...
Bredesen Announces Grant
for Elizabethton Municipal Airport (Herald-Courier)
Gov. Phil Bredesen announced today that an aeronautics grant in the amount of
$120,000 has been approved for...
Bredesen Announces Grants
for Tri-Cities Regional Airport (Bristol Herald-Courier)
Gov. Phil Bredesen announced today that aeronautics grants in the amount of $4.9
million have been approved for Tri-Cities Regional Airport...
County Awarded Water Grant (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
Gov. Phil Bredesen and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matthew
Kisber have announced the approved $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to...
Tranportation Outlines Six
Options for Road (Times Free-Press/Hightower)
Transportation officials proposed six options this week to help improve traffic
on a winding stretch of state Route 30 between teh Tennessee River and Dayton...
Outlaw Field Awarded
$330,000 TDOT Grant (Leaf Chronicle)
Money to go toward drainage improvements...
Pipeline to Atlanta is Full
of Holes (Huntsville Times)
It's not in works, TVA says as critics blast idea to use Tennessee
River...
Hwy. 27 Project in S.C.
Will Be 'Done on Time' (Rhea County Herald-News)
The Highway 27 project through downtown Spring City will be completed by the end
of the year...
John C. Tune Airport Receives $1.5M Grant (City Paper)
John C. Tune Airport has received a $1.5 million grant from the Tennessee
Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division,...
Researches Looking at Using Mobile Cameras to Slow
Traffic (Associated Press)
University of Tennessee researchers looking at speeding in highway construction
zones are pondering the use of mobile cameras...
Deal Would Settle Levee
Dispute (Tennessean/Peebles)
Agency that built it will seek permit...
Moving on U.S. 64
(Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Hightower)
An economic study of the region affected by a Chattanooga-to-Ashveville, N.C.,
highway will be completed this week,...
Wildlife Agency Tries to End Dispute With TDEC
Over Levee (Associated Press)
State wildlife officials say they will apply for the appropriate permits for a
levee they built without the permission of the state's environmental agency...
Plugging the Holes
(Chattonooga Times Free-Press/Benton)
All municipal water systems leak, but utility officials in Tennessee and Georgia
say the ongoing drought emphasizes those losses...
Georgia: State DOT is in Dissarray, Says
New Chief (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
According to its new leader, the state Department of Transportation is a
mess...
State Seeks
Extension Route Input (Maryville Daily Times)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will begin asking at workshops in
early 2008 for public opinion on what route, if any,...
Elizabethton Airport
Receives 120K Grant (Elizabethton Star)
The Elizabethton Municipal Airport has received a $120,000 grant from the
Tennessee Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division...
Looking For a $6 Million Break
(Knoxville News-Sentinel)
Tax subsidy would benefit developer of Halls retail project...
Mayor to Draft Infrastructure
Proposal (Monroe County Advocate)
Sweetwater Mayor Jim Stutts will draft a proposal on how the city can help get
expanded infrastructure at Interstate 75's Exit 62...
Piper Wants
New Terminal (Clarksville Leaf Chronicle)
LifeFlight in talks with airport authority to move to Outlaw...Clarksville Mayor
Johnny Piper, a pilot himself, is no stranger to Outlaw Field...
Guest Colomnist:
Walking is a Boost to Health of Children, Parents (Tennessean)
Safe Routes to School is an excellent program that not only promotes but
encourages students as well as parents to walk and bike to school...
Guest Columnist:
Nolensville Excited About Its Program (Tennessean)
The town of Nolensville worked in cooperation with Williamson County Schools in
making its application for the Safe Routes To School Grant...
Times Editorial: No to Georgia's Water Wishes (Times Free-Press)
As the great Southern drought has worsened this year, it has become widely
apparent that Atlanta's regional planners are indeed looking longingly at the Tennessee River as the next,-...
Traffic Hint: Look to
Virginia (Knoxville News Sentinel)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has predicted truly astounding
increases in truck traffic on the stretches of Interstate 40 and I-75...
Roy Exum: Sure, Come Get Water (Chattanoogan.com)
When I was still a kid, maybe around age 10 at the time, my daddy was taking the
three oldest of us boys somewhere when we came upon a truck loaded with firewood that was stopped in the middle of the road...
Paul Sloan: This is
Not The Time to Backtrack on Laws (Tennessean)
Over the years, there have been continued improvements in Tennessee's water
quality standards and the way in which those standards are enforced...
Guest Columnist:
Clarity in The Laws is Important on Water Issues (Tennessean)
The Federal Clean Water Act turned 35 in October of this year...
Guest Columnist:
Water Isn't Meeting Quality Guidelines (Tennessean)
Tennessee has 60,000 miles of streams that attract businesses, residents,
tourists and support extraordinary biodiversity and a beautiful landscape...
Editorial: Cooperation
Could Keep Water Flowing (Daily News Journal)
Water may seem plentiful in Middle Tennessee right now, but if we're not careful
we could be facing the same crisis as Metropolitan Atlanta in the near future...
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