Tennessee Up To Date on Bridge
Inspections (Daily News Journal)
The tennessee Department of Transportation is one of only four states in the
nation with a perfect bridge inspection record...
Mayor Puts I-75
Resolutions on Feb.4 Agenda (Monroe County Advocate and Democrat)
Commissioners spent most of the short meeting on the called business, unanimously passing an
amendment...
Bridge Study Has Mixed News for Tennessee Valley (WRCB TV)
A study from our partners at MSNBC.com shows one of five local bridges are rated as deficient or
obsolete...
Work Set to Begin on Center Hill Dam (Tennessean)
Corps to display flood maps, discuss ways to fix barrier. Work to repair serious leaks around Center
Hill Dam should begin in a matter of weeks,...
Fee Could Ease
Floodin Woes (Tennessean)
Metro Nashville property owners should pay a monthly user fee to help the city catch up on 2,000
storm-water projects and cut down on flooding across town,...
Monteagle Rest
Area Shutdown Has Mixed Impact (Times Free-Press/Benton)
Truck drivers felt the drought's pinch last summer when the state shut down Interstate 24 rest areas on Monteagle
Mountain,...
I-40 Construction Closure in Knoxville 90 Days Away (Associated Press)
The 14-month construction shutdown of Interstate 40 through downtown Knoxville is 90 days
away....
Get Ready for I-640 as SmartFix Enters Final Phase (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
We are less than 90 days away from the start of a major interstate construction project in the
region. Starting on May 1st, a portion of I-40 through downtown Knoxville will be closed for more than a year...
Alexander Says
More Efficient Use of Highways Could Cut Traffic Jams (Chattanoogan.com)
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Thursday that states could cut traffic jams in half if they did a
more efficient job of using existing highways and that politicians should "pay a price for doing construction during rush hours."
Report Finds TDOT Bridge Inspections Hold Perfect Record (Gov Technology)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is one of only four states in the nation with a perfect
bridge inspection record...
Lock Improvements
Included in Bush's Budget (Chattanooga Times-Free Press)
The Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to receive $42 million toward the continued rehabilitation
of Chickamauga Lock in President Bush's fiscal 2009 proposed budget,...
Elizabethton Water Fails State Sanitary Survey (Associated Press)
A new report gives failing grades to the quality of Elizabethton's water supply. The state
Environment an d Conservation Department surveyed the East Tennessee city's water...
TDOT to Close Part of I-40 in 90 Days (Oak Ridger)
In 90 days, the Tennessee Department of Transportation plans to close a segment of Interstate 40 in
downtown Knoxville...
Bill Would Add Another Project to Tennessee Tollway Act (Associated Press)
A proposal that would expand the Tennessee Tollway Act is moving through the Legislature. The
bill sponsored by Rep. Willie Borchert, D-Camden, unanimously passed the House Public Transportation and Highways Subcommittee on
Tuesday...
Toll Bridge
Proposed In West Tennessee (WPLN - Radio Nashville)
If you're driving west from Houston County to Benton County in West Tennessee, you have to go about
40 miles to find a bridge across the Tennessee River...
Pulse Beats - SEE THE CITY ON SETHRA (Chattanooga Pulse)
City Council members voted 7-1 to add a second complex to the former Farmers' Market property that
will help homeless individuals...
Georgia Legislators Stir
Border War Talk (Chattanooga Times-Free Press)
Two metro Atlanta lawmakers want to study moving Georgia's border about a mile north, a change that
would result in the Tennessee River flowing into the Peach State...
TDOT Cost
Outgrow Revenue (Tennessean/Jacobs)
State facing shortfall of more than $5B in next decade, official says Tennessee transportation
officials are facing a shortfall of more than $5 billion in the next eight to 10 years...
Sumner Runway Expansion Could Lure Relo's (Nashville Business Journal)
Sumner County leaders and business owners are pushing a plan to lengthen the runway at Sumner County
Regional Airport, ...
Hendersonville Budget Officials Want Intersection Improved (Tennessean)
City urged to start $5.6 million project. A proposal to revamp a busy intersection in eastern
Hendersonville received a nod from the city's Finance Committee,...
Highway Headaches (Knoxville News - Sentinel/Jacobs)
Motorists will get plenty before latest interstate changes finished...but it won't last long. The
entire transportation landscape of Knoxville is about to be turned upside down...
Corps Offers Briefing on
Dam-Break Risk (Tennessean/Anderson)
Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District office will co-host a meeting to
explain potential damage around Ashland City if the Center Hill Dam fails...
Oreck May Fill Vacuum Near Airport (City Paper/Lawson)
Oreck Corp. has leased a full floor in Highland Ridge I near the Nashville airport. Could it finally
be the vacuum maker's corporate headquarters moving to Nashville from New Orleans?
Sullivan
County Group Seeks Bridge Framework (Kingsport Times - News)
Just think of it as a bridge to the past. Or the ultimate recycling project. The Blountville Historic
District could be getting a new "entrance,"...
Bredesen: Raising Gas Tax May Be Necessary to Build State Roads (D. News Journal)
Tennessee in the future may need to raise its 22 cent per gallon gas tax to help cover the costs of
building roads and bridges,...
New Era Dawns for Rail Building (Wall Street Journal)
Lines Add Tracks, Upgrade Tunnels To Take On Trucks. America is back to working on the
railroads...
City Council Has a Busy
Week Ahead (Crossville Chronicle)
Tonight's regular council meeting agenda includes discussions of the area's raw water supply, the
Crossville Memorial Airport Fixed Base Operator (FBO), and several items related to sewer system improvements...
Anderson Street Bridge Project Nearing Completion (Bristol Herald Courier)
The $5.7 million Anderson Street Bridge project is nearly complete...But the finishing must wait for
warmer weather...
Dirt Starting to Fly
For an Improved State 109 (Tennessean/Easton)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation's plans to widen State 109 to four lanes from Wilson
County through Gallatin and then north to Portland is slow but moving along,...
Hammond
Bridge Overhaul Snarls Traffic (Kingsport Times-News)
Another major bridge project is taking place in the Model City over the next seven months, with
traffic between Kingsport and Colonial Heights to be significantly impacted...
State Water Use Proposal
Moves Forward (WPLN - Radio Nashville)
A plan for extending water lines to the state's un-served areas was approved today by the House
Conservation Committee...
Plans to Recycle a
Steel Bridge For Use in Historic Blountville, Tenn., Could Add $1 Million to Cost (Bristol Herald - Courier)
Plans to save part of a 70-year-old steel truss bridge and re-purpose it as a gateway to historic
Blountville could add at least $1 million to the price of an already costly highway construction project...
2nd Bridge
Project Will Divert Traffic in Tri-Cities (Associated Press)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has started another major bridge project in Kingsport that
is expected to affect traffic around the Tri-Cities...
Gerald Nicely: Traffic Fatalities Reach Fifteen Year Low (Bristol Herald - Courier)
It's a fact that everyone can agree on. Far too many people die on Tennessee roadways each
year. In 2007, it is estimated that 1,169 people died in traffic crashes in Tennessee,...
Pete DeLay: Tennessee Bridges, Roads Need Replacing (Tennessean)
A congressional proposal to raise the federal gas tax by 40 cents per gallon is focusing attention on
the looming crisis facing our national transportation system...
Kent Starwalt: We're Badly Lagging on Vital Maintenance (Tennessean)
The recent recommendations by a federal task force to increase investment to fund massive
improvements in our national infrastructure may finally spark a much-needed debate on the condition of our roads, bridges, rail tracks, air and water
ports...
Editorial: Officials
Should Put Politics Aside When Safety Is At Issue (Tennessean)
The United States has had its share of disasters recently, with drought and the recent deadly
tornadoes in several states. Also, the increasingly dismal outlook for the economy draws attention from other compelling troubles... |
