State Announces
Airport Improvement
Grants
(Memphis Business Journal)
Gov. Phil Bredesen announced $54.6 million in state and federal grants for 21
Tennessee airports,...
State
Announces Airport Improvement Grants
(Memphis Business Journal)
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has announced Aeronautic Grants for several airports
across the state,...
State May See
$325M in Federal
Money
(Jackson Sun)
WASHINGTON-From millions to fix the leaking Center Hill Dam to thousands to help
troubled youth,...
Bredesen:
Grants Approved for McGhee Tyson
(Daily Times)
Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Thursday that aeronautics grants in the amount of
$2,964,064 have been approved for McGhee Tyson Airport...
Tolls May Be Way to Pay for Bridge
(Commercial
Appeal/Charlier)
Third span across Mississippi needed; funding tight with memories of last week's
chaotic shutdown of the Hernando DeSoto Bridge still fresh,...
Will There Be a Chattanooga-Nashville
Choo-choo?
(City Paper/Cummins,
Griffith)
Fed-sponsored study may mean new high-speed rail...Nashville to Atlanta in less than
two hours...
Small Airports Soaring - Building Hangars to Help Economic
Development
The forest-green C-130 transport shimmers in the afternoon glare as it floats impossibly delicately
above the runway,...
Dam Fix Would Cost $240M
(Tennessean/Paine)
Corps says leaking Center Hill could kill hundreds if it failed...Several hundred people could
die and more than a billion dollars in damage...
Tellico Plains
Election Candidate Profiles
(Monroe County Advocate and Democrat)
The Tellico Plains election will be held Tuesday and while there isn't much suspense in the
race, there are two contestants for the seat of mayor...
Hwy.
27 Bridge Over Richland Creek Will Soon Be Open to Traffic
(Dayton
Herald-News)
Traffic flow on Rhea County Highway through Dayton is about to get a bit easier with the
completion of two new bridges over Little Richland Creek...
Church Ave. Span Opening 3 Weeks Early
(Knoxville News-Sentinel/Jacobs)
Officials to cut ribbon across $3.3M viaduct this afternoon...
Soddy-Daisy Supports New Tennessee River Bridge
(Times Free-Press/O'Neal)
Soddy-Daisy residents and elected officials favor a new Tennessee River bridge that would
connect portions of northern Hamilton County,...
Old Bridge Needs Work, Residents Tell City
(Tennessean)
GALLATIN-James and Janice Williams walk their two dogs every afternoon across the Lock Four
Road Bridge - and what was once a serene daily trek has become increasingly dangerous...
Williamson Interchange
Scheduled to Open
Early
(Tennesseean)
If you've passed that brand-new interchange in Williamson County thinking it looks like a
tantalizing piece of candy just out of reach, you aren't alone...
Governor's Conference to Emphasize
Rural ECD
(Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
Gov. Phil Bredesen, in a telephone interview Thursday with the Times-Gazette, said this year's
Governor's Conference on Economic and Community Development will have a special focus on rural communities,...
Maury Regional Airport to Build LifeFlight Hangar
(Columbia Daily Herald)
A grant awarded by the state will assist Maury Regional Airport officials with building a
hanger to house a helicopter used to transport trauma patients to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville...
State Looks to Cut Delays in Approving Road
Projects
(Times Free-Press/Hightower)
Road construction takes too long from start to finish, and those delays cost taxpayers money,
Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely said...
Memorial Improvements Will Continue Through
September
(Kingsport Times-News)
KINGSPORT-After years of pushing the state and planning for improvements along State Route
126, work is expected to begin next week on making a nearly 9-mile strech of the road safer for motorists...
Dam Could Break Without a Fast Fix
(Tennessean/Paine)
Danger is greatest to area near Carthage, engineers say A "catastrophic failure" at Center
Hill Dam capable of killing 500 people could occur unless the lake behind the dam is kep low and repairs begin right away,...
Cobb Pushing New Bridge Over Tennessee River
(Chattanoogan.com)
District 31's state representative Jim Cobb (R-Spring City) told the Soddy-Daisy City
Commission on Thursday night he is pushing a new bridge over the Tennessee River...
Minneapolis Bridge Tragedy Raises Concern in Knoxville
(Tennessee Journalist)
The bridge collapse in Minneapolis has made bridge safety in Knoxville a major
issue...
I-40
Study Could Help State Route 30 Plans
(Times Free-Press/Hightower)
A proposed State Route 30 economic development corridor could benefit from a study being
conducted on Interstate 40,...
Ford Focuses on Road Issues
(Johnson City Press)
Since wrapping up his first legislative session in Nashville, State Rep. Dale Ford's mind has
been on his campaign promise-...
Dam Fix Would Cost $240M
(Tennessean)
Several hundred people could die and more than a billion dollars could result if the leaking
Center Hill Dam about 40 miles east of Nashville broke,...
City Blames Utility Companies for Delaying Road Construction
(Murfreesboro Daily News Journal)
Murfreesboro officials are sounding off against utility providers they say have been delaying
roadwork...
Bredesen Announces $1 Mil. Grant for Enterprise
South
(Times Free-Press/Wilson)
Gov. Phil Bredesen and the Tennessee Department of Transportation today announced that TDOT
will provide $1 million-plus grant for wetland creation and stream restoration at the Enterprise South industrial site...
City Engineer
Frustrated Over Road Delays (Murfreesboro Post)
Murfreesboro's top engineer says he's frustrated; frustrated because the city has to take it
on the chin for incessant delays in local road construction projects...
Bredesen Announces $12 Million in Enhancement Grants
(Bristol Herald-Courier)
Gov. Phil Bredesen and Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely announced today $12 million
in transportation enhancement grants...
Interstate to be Dedicated to Fallen Troopers
(Bristol Herald-Courier)
State Sen. Doug Jackson, State Rep. David Shepard, Tennessee Department of Safety Commissioner
David Mitchell and Tennessee Patrol Col. Mike Walker will dedicate part of Interstate 40 in Dickson and Williamson Counties in honor of late Troopers
Todd M. Larkins and Samuel F. Holcomb...
Meeting Set on
Chattanooga-Atlanta Rail Link (Chattanooga Times-Free Press)
A series of meetings on how or if a high-speed rail link between Chattanooga and Atlanta can
be constructed...
McEwen Drive
I-65 Interchange to Open
(Tennessean/Kline)
Sometime after noon today, drivers in Williamson County will be able to get on and off
Interstate 65 at the McEwen Drive interchange in Franklin...
Dam in Distress Requires Repairs
(Knoxville
News-Sentinel)
NASHVILLE-While a seven-year, $309 million repair project continues on the seeping Wolf Creek
dam in southern Kentucky, another dam upstream of Nashville soon could require repairs...
A New Bridge Could
Connect Soddy Daisy to Harrison
(WRCB TV)
Tennessee state lawmakers are pushing to build a new bridge across the Tennessee
River..
Editorial:
Sharing Cost of New River Span
(Commercial Appeal)
On its face, charging motorists a toll to pay for a bridge across the Mississippi River sounds
reasonable...
Editorial: Keep The Public Informed on Status of
Center Hill Dam
(Tennessean)
Given catastrophic events in this country in the last few years, it doesn't take long to
understand the importance of repairing Center Hill Dam...
Guest columnist: After Safety Issues, Consider Fisheries
(Tennessean)
Below Center Hill Dam, a scenic cascade of water leaks into the Caney Fork
River...
Guest columnist: Corps Taking Steps to Protect Dam Area
(Tennessean)
Since Center Hill Dam was completed 55 years ago, it has protected flood-prone communities
along the Caney Fork and Cumberland rivers...
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