All
Aboard The Trasnit-Oriented Development Express? (BusinessTN) It has been a
little over a year since the Music City Star commuter train began offering Wilson County residents a ride to and from Nashville...
Alcoa Begins Pumping (Daily Times) Alcoa began pumping about 9 million gallons of water a day Wednesday
from its new secondary intake on Little River...
Crossville and Cumberland County Earn 3-Star Certification (Crossville Chronicle) Tennessee
Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matthew Kisber recently announced that Crossville and Cumberland County have achieved
certification under the state's Three-Star Program...
Bridge Becomes
History (Chattanooga Times - Press/Clayton)
The Hiwassee River mist was so thick Thursday morning that residents could only hear, not see, as a bit of local history
ended...
Metro School
Miss TDOT Grant For New Sidewalks (WKRN-TV Nashville) At the beginning of this year, the Tennessee Department of
Transportation began handing out almost $11 million in federal grant money to encourage kids to walk or bike to school...
Statewide Infrastructure Study Wrong On County's School Needs (AP) A legislative study of statewide
infrastructure needs vastly overestimated one county's actual school building requirements,...
Local
Officials Puzzled By Inaccurate State Figures (Shelbyville Times - Gazette) Bedford County officials say they were mystified by
figures released this week by a state agency regarding local infrastructure...
Utilities Baffled By State
Info (Shelbyville Times - Gazette) Transportation, water and wastewater are two of
the top infrastructure needs of Bedford County,...
TACIR
Revises School Needs Figure (Shelbyville Times - Gazette) Revised figures from a state agency regarding infrastructure
state that Bedford County School have a need of $78.9 million,...
Bredesen Touts Rural Development Potential of West Tenn. Megasite (AP) Gov. Phil Bredesen is touting the
development potential of a rural West Tennessee site large enough to accomodate an auto plant...
New Intermodel Hubs
Add to Marketability for Inland Ports (World Trade Magazine) There's been an undeniable shift in U.S. import flows lately, and it
seems to have happened gradually without much fanfare...
TDOT Attracts
International Interest (Bristol Herald - Courier) As you travel Tennessee's transportation network, you may never realize the road
you are riding on is helping shape transportation systems a world away...
Burns Woman Charged in Arson Case (Dickson Herald) Dickson County residents who want to have a say in where the
proposed southwestern bypass in Dickson should be located can bring their opinions to a public meeting Tuesday night...
Corker, Alexander Disappointed In Bush Veto On Water Bill (Chattanoogan.com) Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
and Bob Corker (R-TN) issued the following joint statement today after President Bush vetoed legislation that they said would authorize repairs and
replacements for aging Tennessee dams and locks,...
Congress Looks To
Override Water Veto (Chattanooga Times Free - Press/Wang) President Bush on Friday vetoed a water resources authorization bill that
includes about $23 billion in highly sought-after water projects across the county,...
Bridge On National Register (Chattanooga Times Free - Press/Benton) The U.S. Highway 41 bridge in Marion County
last month was named to the National Register of Historic Places,...
Road Through State Forest Rebuffed (Chattanooga Times - Free Press/Sohn) State officials said they are unlikely to
approve a proposal to build a county road through Prentice Cooper State Forest to steer future high school traffic away from an existing Signal
Mountain elementary school...
It
Takes Money (Johnson City Press) A state report says Washington County has $698.4 million in infrastructure needs...
Residents Can Weigh In
About Bypass Plan (Tennessean/Burton) Dickson County residents will share opinions about a proposed southwestern by pass at a public
hearing 6-8p.m.Tuesday in the Dickson County High cafeteria...
Bridge Feasibility Studied (Chattanoogan Times Free - Press/Hightower) A Tennessee River bridge linking Soddy-Daisy
and Harrison, Tenn., would have minimal economic impact on the region if it doesn't come out at Exit 20 on Interstate 75,...
No Serious Damage To Bridge From Tanker Crash, TDOT Says (Tennessean) Damage is minimal to a bridge
over Vietnam Veterans Boulevard that was briefly closed following a fiery tanker crash in June,...
Making Necessary Improvements To Local Infrastructure Will Require $6,256 From Each Resident of Sevier County, A New
Study By A State Agency Finds (Mountain Press) The study, which was completed by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR), found Sevier County needs nearly half a billion dollars in infrastructure improvements,...
County Reports $65.3
Million In Infrastructure Needs (Advocate and Democrat) According to a new report from the Tennessee Advisory Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR), Monroe County needs $65.6 million worth of infrastructure improvements...
History Falls In
Hiwassee River (Chattanooga Times Free - Press/Clayton) The center span of the old State Route 58 bridge in Meigs County fell into
the Hiwassee River...
TDOT Going Green For Interstate Landscape Project (Knoxville News - Sentinel/Miller) The Tennessee Department of
Transportation had green in mind when it started in September a landscaping project...
Weight Limit Ends At
Bridge Over Highway (Tennessean/Johnson) The state has ended weight restrictions on a Hendersonville bridge after determining a June
tanker truck fire underneath it caused no major harm...
Meigs Bridge Is
Imploded (Cleveland Daily Banner) The old Highway 58 bridge across the Hiwassee River replaced Russell Ferry in 1929 when it was
opened as a toll road...
TCRA Making Push For Creating Airport Authority (Kingsport Times - News) BLOUNTVILLE - Tri-Cities Regional Airport
would gain eminent domain power and the ability to issue bonds for capital improvemnts under a draft of private act legislation creating an airport
authority...
Rhea Needs $75 Million In Infrastructure (Rhea County Herlad - News) A continuing inventory of the
infrastructure needs of Rhea County,...
Roads More Slippery
After TDOT Project (Chattanooga Times Free - Press/Benton) A multicounty state road project has one local official wondering if the
new surface is more dangerous than the pavement it's supposed to protect...
County May Ask TDOT To Study Intersection (Columbia Daily Herald) A Maury County committee
recommended the Tennessee Department of Transportation to help with a dangerous intersection on U.S. Highway 31,...
Slow
Progress On 41-A Widening (Shelbyville Times - Gazette) The right of way process for the future widening of U.S. 41-A to Tullahoma
to four lanes is underway,...
House Overrides Bush Veto of Water Bill With Local Earmarks (WTVC Chattanooga) President Bush has suffered the
first veto override of his presidency as the Senate enacted a 23 billion-dollar water resources bill,...
State Goes Green in $1.3M Interstate Landscape Job (Associated Press) The state is going green in a nearly $1.3
million landscaping job for an expanded Insterstate 40/75 interchange,...
Mayor Questions Quality of New Road Surface Used by TDOT (AP) A new road surface used on a multi-county state
project has stirred up some complaints but a Tennessee Department of Transportation spokeswoman said the "microsurface" is higher quality and cheaper
for taxpayers...
Ooltewah Widening, Interchange Project Begins (Times Free - Press/Davis) After delays, a three-year, $51.9 million
Interstate 75 widening and interchange project in Ooltewah was to begin late Thursday,...
Tenn. Senators Buck Bush, Help Override Veto of Water Act (City Paper/Rodgers) First of Bush's vetoes
to ever be overridden Tennessee's pair of Republican senators bucked President Bush again Thursday,...
Duncan
Supported Override of Veto (Daily News) U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., who supported override of the president's veto, said the water
resources bill included the following projects for East Tennessee:...
Fed Water Act Could Pour Funds Into Riverfront At Crucial Time (City Paper/Allen) Tucked deep inside the $23
billion Water Resources Development Act that Congress yesterday passed by overriding a presidential veto lies an authorization for $10
million...
Veto Override Means Millions of Dollars To East Tennessee (WVLT-TV Knoxville ) (WVLT) - Millions of dollars in federal
funds are on their way to East Tennessee thanks to the Water Resources Development Act of 2007...
Levee Divides State Agencies (Tennessean/Paine) TWRA dams up swamp despite regulator's denial. The state's
wildlife agency has built a levee to try to improve duck hunting in a northwest Tennessee swamp,...
Bredesen Limits State Water Aid (Tennessean) Gov. Phil Bredesen on Friday said the state will help out communities
that are running out of water, but that he doesn't see it as the state's responsibility to repair their inadequate water infrastructure...
2008 State Maps Available (Daily News Journal) The Official 2008 Tennessee Transportation Map is now
available to assist travelers in their planning efforts...
Ferry Cross
The Tennessee (Chattanoogan.com) In Absence of North Hamilton Bridge, Several Ferry Crossings Existed - A first-draft plan for a new
toll bridge connecting Soddy-Daisy and Harrison,...
Black Swamp Dam Was Built Illegally, Wildlife Office Told (Tennessean/Paine) Environmental agency
orders levee removed. The state wildlife agency broke the law when its staff built a gated dike to hold floodwaters in the cypress-and
tupelo-forested Black Swamp in West Tennessee,...
Nashville Airports Boast Wide Economic Impact (Tennessean/Howard) Report finds benefits ripple throughout area
Nashville's airports are responsible for more than $3.7 billion in economic activity in the region...
A Neighborhood
Railroaded (Nashville Scene) The Sadler Avenue neighborhood may be one of Nashville's best-kep secrets. Forty-four homes, some newly
renovated by house-proud residents, line tidy, tree-shaded streets...
Editorial: Keep Pushing For Air Travel Survey Results (City Paper) Other than his election year
flurries when he only occasionally has an opponent, 6th District U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon rarely draws attention to himself here in Middle Tennessee or
in Washington D.C....
Congress Right To
Spurn Water Bill Veto (Knoxville News Sentinel) The year of the drought is not a good one to veto a water-resources and flood-control
bill, especially when certain projects in the measure affect a large area hit hard by a lack of rainfall this summer...
Editorial:
Southeast's Leaders Need Comprehensive Water Plan (Tennessean) How much water is enough? Never mind the obviously secondary uses,
such as carwashing and lawn maintenance...
Study Finds Gaps in Transit Options (Tennessean) Ask any 16-year-old what they're most excited about
on their birthday, and chances are good that they'll say "being able to drive."...
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