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  TN Infrastructure Alliance

Infrastructure News in Tennessee Vol.16


A periodic roundup of recent news stories and opinion pieces about Tennessee infrastructure

 

Cables Could Keep Cars From Crossing Median

(Tennessean/Howard)

State to install barriers on I-40 to prevent wrecks...

 

TDOT Studying Turn Lanes

(Shelbyville Times-Gazette)

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has begun a feasibility study tos ee if turn lanes can be constructed at Cascade Elementary...

 

TDOT Pulls Back On Greenbrier Rail Crossings Project

(Tennessean/Kelly)

Tennessee's transportation department has backed away, for now, from its part in a project to improve traffic safety and flow in Greenbrier...

 

State Widens Road Where 600 Accidents Happened In 2 Years

(WTVF-TV Nashville)

A Midstate road with a deadly reputation is getting a makeover...

 

Two County Airports Receive Grants

(Memphis Daily News)

A pair of Shelby County general aviation airports, Charles W. Baker Airport and General DeWitt Spain Airport, have received state aeronautics grants for $51,731 and $29, 556...

 

Fayette Airport Soars To Top Most-Improved List

(Commercial Appeal/Kelley)

'County can be proud,' manager of facility says...

 

Drought Pumps Up Well-Drilling Business

(WBIR-TV Knoxville)

As some companies face mandatory water restrictions, one business benefits from the drought...

 

Bredesen Announces Grant For Elizabethton Municipal Airport

(B. Herald-Courier)

Gov. Phil Bredesen announced today that an Aeronautics Grant in the amount of $99,060 has been approved for Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Carter County...

 

Tenn. Lawmakers Rule Out Of Fuel Tax Bootst To Pay For Road Work

(Landline Magazine)

As is the case in many states across the county, transportation officials in Tennessee are looking for solutions to help pay for the state's backlog of road work...

 

State Awards Grant to Restore Amqui Station

(Tennessean)

Democratic Caucus Chairman Senator Joe Haynes, D-Goodlettsville, announced today that Tennessee Department of Transportation will provide Davidson County with an enhancement grant in the amount of $550,624...

 

Crews Begin Work On The Terminal Ramp At Tri-Cities Regional Airport

(Bristol Herald-Courier)

April Frost and her son Hunter watched about a dozen dump trucks and bulldozers rip apart the Tri-Cities Regional Airport's terminal ramp...

 

Drivers Prefer To Keep Risky Rail Crossings

(Tennessean/Howard)

Towns in region weight safety vs. convenience...

 

Drought, Heat Contribute To Increase In Water Main Breaks

(WATE)

Water main breaks in the Knoxville area have increased 40 percent this summer,...

 

TN Sen. Lamar Alexander Visits Chickamauga Lock

(WDEF)

Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander visited the Chickamauga Lock today and got an update on plans to replace it...

 

Alexander Visits Chickamauga Lock To Check Progress

(The Chattanoogan)

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) was briefed on site on Monday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the progress of the new Chickamauga Lock...

 

Tennessee Test Eco-Friendly Asphalt On Williamson Road

(Tennessean/Howard)

Engineers to see how it fares in traffic, weather,...

 

TDOT Turns Down Traffic Light Request

(Tennessean/Wiersma)

Intersection at Spring Hill High doesn't meet state criteria...

 

TDOT Denies Knoxville Neighborhood's Request For I-40 Sound Barrier

(WATE-TV) Pond Gap residents complaining about interstate noise seem to have hit a brick wall...

 

Outage Leaves Pipes Dry

(Knoxville News-Sentinel/Williams)

Shady Grove Utility's broken water main costly for businesses...some 8,000 Jefferson County students are returning to school today after a water outage that emptied miles of pipes...

 

New System Alerts Commuters Of Traffic Troubles

(WTVF-TV Nashville)

The Tennessee Department of Transportation launched the second phase of a traveler information system that includes new cameras,...

 

Water Help In Sight

(The Daily Times)

Maryville and Alcoa may get relief from their severe water shortage "sometime in November" with a $2 million plan to install a second water intake facility on Little River...

 

Nashville's Silliman Evans Bridge Undergoes Inspection

(WKRN-TV Nashville)

Inspectors with the Tennessee Department of Transportation began examining the well-traveled Silliman Evans Bridge in Nashville...

 

River Group Urges Tipsters To Contact State

(Tennessean/Walters)

Angst grows amid probe of city's wastewater plant...

 

TDOT Organizes Public Workshop On Pellissippi Project

(Daily Times)

The Tennessee Department of Transportation wants the public to help develop alternatives to be considered in the Environmental Impact Statement...

 

Commission Urges TDOT To Widen I-40 Overpass At Genesis Rd.

(Crossville Chronicle)

The Cumberland County Commission approved a formal resolution urging the Tennessee Department of Transportation to redesign and widen the Genesis Rd. overpass...

 

Tri-Cities Regional Airport Plans Hung Up On FAA Snags

(Times-News)

Uncle Sam's way of helping Tri-Cities Regional Airport with future capital improvements is "stuck in the mud politically,"...

 

Michigan: Bridge's Private Ownership Raises Concerns

(New York Times)

More than a mile of teal-painted steel rises over the Detroit River, Just another bridge really,...

 

 


Interpretation Of Orthodox Quantum Theory Maintains Schrodinger's Cat Is Both Alive and Dead

(Cookeville Herald Citizen)

Implicit in the saying, "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," is the assumption that the bridge will still be there if we can't find a way to avoid it...

 

Gerald Nicely: Battling Congestion The 'SmartWay'

(Oak Ridger)

Each day, millions of Americans spend valuable time creeping along in their vehicles, fight the battle against congestion...

 

Editorial:Water Resources Development Act Finally Passes Senate

(Daily Times)

Rep. John J. "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. and many of his constituents were pleased with the Senate's recent passage of the Water Resources Development Act...

 

Free-Press Editorial: Keep New Chickamauga Lock Going

(Times Free-Press)

There are many things Congress wastes money on unconstitutionally and unnecessarily through "pork" and "earmarks."...

 

Guest Columnist: Road, Environmental Groups Need Cooperation

(Tennessean)

It was with a sense of bewilderment as I read the Opinion views in The Tennessean recently...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Serving as an umbrella organization and advocate for adequate and consistent
funding for Tennessee's infrastructure needs at the local, state and federal levels.
Areas of focus include: roads, highway and bridges; water and sewer;
airports and aviation; transit; rail; navigable waterways; ports, dams and locks.
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