TDOT wants
S.R. 840 Finished by 2011
(Tennessean/Kline)
State could sell bonds to meet timeline BENDING CHESTNUT COMMUNITY-Crews were surveying creeks and taking
soil samples last week in western Williamson County, where construction of state Route 840 is set to resume soon. The 16-mile gap in the road
between Thompson's Station and Fairview could be closed sooner than expected. Tennessee Department of Transportation officials said work on the
uncompleted segment from Highway 100 to Bending Chestnut Road will start around Aug.1....
Traffic Stopped in Tracks
(Knoxville News-Sentinel/Stambaugh)
Stubborn Pellissippi sinkhole once again gives TDOT fits...More traffic headaches like the one that slowed Monday's commute
for thousands of motorists on Pellissippi Parkway. On Monday, settling pavement at the sinkhole forced authorities to close both southbound
lanes and divert traffic onto the shoulder while they repaved the road. The road was closed about 8 a.m....
Sinkhole Causes Another Pellissippi Closure
(Knoxville News-Sentinel)
Tennessee Department of Transportation officials once again have shut down a southbound lan of
Pellissippi Parkway becasue a sinkhole caused a depression in the roadway...
TDOT to Award Emergency Contract to Fill Highway Sinkhole
(Associated Press)
Knoxville, Tenn.- State transportation officials Monday decided to award an emergency contract to fix a persistent sinkhole
along a four-lane highway between Knoxville and Oakridge. Crews have tried three times since May to patch the sinkhole...
Type ll Noise Wall Project is a Go in Anderson County
(Oak Ridger)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has announced that the Type ll Noise Wall project in Lake City will move forward
after positive response from the community. TDOT conducted a public meeting with members of the Lake City Community on May 29 to gauge public
interest in the project and received an overwhelmingly positive reaction,...
Highways Chief Praises State's Plan for Toll Roads
(Tennessean/Howard)
The state's recent approval of toll-road projects was a good step in finding new ways to pay for road improvements, but
Nashville officials must avoid becoming a city of "absolute gridlock", U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters said this
week...
USDOT Secretary
Talks Traffic with Governor Bredesen
(WPLN-Radio Nashville)
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters met with Governor Bredesen last week to discuss solutions to growing traffic
demands in Tennessee, all while federal road funding moves in reverse. In June, Congress took back more than 18-million dollars in road funding
for the state, putting a virtual halt to new projects...
Local Economy Waiting for a Lift
(Commercial Appeal)
If you think transportation is important to the Memphis economy now, just imagine what it could be in the
future. After putting along for decades at the intersection of two interstate highways, Memphis eventually will be at the crossroads of
four. What's been getting most of the attention is the north-south route known as Interstate 69, named the "NAFTA Highway" for its potential,
with the North American Free Trade Agreement, to boost trade with Mexico and Canada...
No End in Sight on Sinkhole Fill Work
(Knoxville News-Sentinel/Benning)
Workers and engineers continued efforts Thursday to permanently fix a sinkhole on the southbound side of Pellissippi
Parkway,... With traffic restricted to the roadways shoulder, crews drilled four holes, 4-inches wide and 30- to 40-feet
deep,...
TDOT Study to Identify Needed l-40 Improvements
Memphis Business Journal)
The Tennessee Department of Transporation will launch a study to identify improvements for the 550-mile stretch of Interstate
40/81 between Memphis and Bristol. The first-of-its-kind study will explore the corridor, which traverses nearly the whole state from west to
east. It is TDOT's first multi-modal (car, truck and rail) corridor planning project,...
Tennessee to Study Its East-West Highways
(Tennessean/Howard)
A study to identify problems and find solutions to the state's major east-west highway corridor will kick off this
summer,... Meetings will be set up along Interstate 40 and l-81 from Bristol to Memphis to gian input on what the highway's major problems
are...
Governor Bredesen
Announces Grant for General DeWitt Spain Airport
(Tennessee.gov)
Nashville, TN - Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that an Aironautics Grant in the amount of $70,000 has been approved
for the General DeWitt Spain Airport in Shelby County...
Two Airports get State Grants
(Jackson Sun)
Gibson and Hardeman counties' facilities together get more than $100K Two West Tennessee airports will receive state grants
totaling more than $100,000 to upgrade security at their facilities. Gov. Phil Bredesen announced the grants to Humboldt Municipal Airport in
Gibson County and William L. Whitehurt Field in Hardeman county along with grants for eight other aiports across the state...
Airport Search Crosses State Line
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Tennessee option: Northwestern Georgia legislator and others see Chattanooga as good spot for Atlanta's second commercial
airfield...
Old Utility
Pipes Cause Continuing Concerns in Knoxville
(WATE-TV Knoxville)
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - A steam pipe explosion in New York City earlier this week is shedding light on a growing infrastructure
problem across the country, including in Knoxville...just a few feet beneath downtown Knoxville's Gay Street is historic groundwork for the city's
utility system...is more than 100-years-old...
Lack of Public Water Plagues Rural Tennessee
(Tennessean/ Wissner)
PORTLAND, Tenn. - Eva Shachno inspects the half-submerged pump humming quietly in a creek near her home in northern Sumner
County. A long, green garden hose snakes from the pump to a hand-built retaining pond and then into her trailer, where she uses the untreated
water for bathing and washing clothes...
Low Rivers
Raise Costs for Barge Companies
(Tennessean/Song)
The severe drought that has withered farm crops in Middle Tennessee is costing barge operators money. Water levels up
to two feet below normal on the Cumberland, Tennessee and lower Ohio rivers mean the companies are forced to move lighter barges and take longer to
deliver goods to customers...
Signal Mountain Moratorium on New Sewer Hook-Ups Could Last 5 Years
(Chattanoogan.com)
When he first learned the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation was considering imposing a moratorium on sewer
hookups on Signal Mountain, he thought the problem could be solved in about a year,...
Montgomery County: Government to Help Improve Water Works
(Tennessean)
Montgomery County will receive a low-interest loan of $1,450,200 for water infrastructure improvements from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, county officials said in a statement...
Federal Funds Tapped for Transportation Improvements in State
(Nashville Business Journal)
Improvement projects worth more than $11 million have been proposed for roads and airports across Tennessee. The State
Appropriations Committee has approved the Transportation, Treasury, and Housing & Urban Development appropriations bill for fiscal 2008. The
bill includes...
Bristol Tennessee is Aggressively Pursuing Grant Money for Infrastructure Projects
(Tri-Cities.com)
BRISTOL, Tenn. - When the phrases "infrastructure project" or "infrastructure improvement" are bandied about in public
meetings and other forums, the topic may seem trivial to some. But try this: A new bridge over railroad tracks in Bristol Tennessee will make it
easier for you to drive from east to west...
JTA Gets $750K Grant Toward New Facility
(Jackson Sun)
A $750,000 federal grant announced this week is the first financial whack at building a bigger and sturdier home for the
city's public bus system, a Jackson Transportation Authority official said Thursday...
Knoxville Ranks Third in Boating
(UT Daily Beacon Online)
Knoxville may have a reputation as a football town, but the city was recently recognized for its superiority in a different
sport - boating. Knoxville was ranked as the third best city in the U.S. to live and boat by Boating Life magazine...
AP Interview: Bredesen Doesn't Plan to Seek Gas Tax Hike
(AP/Schelzig)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Phil Bredesen said he has no immediate plans to pursue an increase in the state's gas tax and appears
to be softening in his approach to proposals to further reduce the sales tax on groceries...
Sun Belt Growth Pressures Nashville
(Tennessean/Sisk)
Newcomers bring wealth, challenges Sean Rauch had never been to Tennessee, never been to the South, never been east of the
Rocky Mountains until this summer. But that didn't deter the 36-year-old park supervisor and his wife from pulling up their roots in San Diego,
Rauch's home since birth...
Slower Expansion Rate Could Mask Urgency for Regional Plan
(Tennessean/Sisk)
Could Nashville and its suburbs be growing too slowly? In 1990, the area's population of approximately 1 million made it the
41st largest metropolis in the nation, behind cities such as Memphis, New Orleans and Buffalo, N.Y... - Davidson County and a dozen counties
that surround it - has since increased to about one-third, moving its ranking up two slots to 39th in the nation,... |
