Bredesen Announces Grant for Crossville Memorial Airport (UC Daily News)

Governor Phil Bredesen announces that an Aeronautics Grant in the amount of $19,000 has been approved for Crossville Memorial Ariport...

County's Bridge Safety Marks Good (Cleveland Daily Banner)

Tennessee's bridge safety program is among the top programs in the nation and Bradley County Road Superintendent Tom Collins says the county's road department is doing its share...

OR Firm Comes in Lowest on Road Project (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Fowler)

Rogers Group bids $26.1M, while second offer is $27.7M...

TDOT Studies Routes, Toll for Bridge Project (Times Free-Press/Wilson)

The next step in developing a road project that would include a bridge between Soddy-Daisy and Harrison is find the "sweet spot" for the toll....

City asks TDOT to Add Walk/Bike Path to Orebank Bridge (Kingsport Times-News)

The city of Kingsport is asking the Tennessee Department of Transportation to add a 6-foot-wide sidewalk across the Orebank Road bridge...

Public-private Road Proposal Dropped in Favor of Toll Bridge Plan (AP/Schelzig)

The sponsor of a bill that would allow public-private road building partnerships says he is withdrawing the measure from consideration this session to instead concentrate on a toll bridge proposal...

Next Step for Soddy-Daisy/Harrison Bridge is Setting Toll (Times-Free Press)

A study into what the toll would be to access a proposed road that would include a bridge connecting Soddy-Daisy and Harrison could be finished by October,...

TDOT Grant Funds Jasper Trail Lighting (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Benton)

The town's walking track will be safer and more useful when lighting funded by a $128,000 state grant is installed later this year...

Use of Tax Incentives a Balancing Act for Knox (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Ferrar)

Commissioners consider wisdom of mechanism to assist development...tax increment financing...

Airport Future Planning Extends Beyond its Gates (Commercial Appeal/Roberts)

Memphis International Airpor, the V-8 of the region's economy, arguably occupies the most productive 4,000 acres in the tri-state area...

Memphis Becoming Access Hub (Commercial Appeal/Roberts)

Railroads, interstates, FedEx, port makes area a distribution capital...When manufacturing began moving out of the United States in the 1990's,...

Dungannon Dealing With Water Woes Once Again (Kingsport Times-News)

Residents in Dungannon are again coping with problems in their town water system...

Ariport Funds are Expected From TDOT (Cleveland Daily Banner)

Recommended approval of a grant by the state aeronautics commission would possibly allow dirt work to begin in October at the new municipal airport near Tasso community...

Littlefield says Siemens Corp. Working on Filter Press Problem (Chattanooga Times-Free Press)

Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield said Siemens Water Technologies Corp. officials are striving to get a sludge-related process working at the Moccasin Bend Wastewater...

Cutting The Commute (Chattanooga Times-Free Press)

At Friday's meeting of Tennessee Department of Transportation and local officials to discuss a toll road project that would include a bridge connecting Soddy-Daisy and Harrison,...

Citizens, Officials Prep for Meeting on Pellissippi Parkway Extension (The Daily Times)

Advocates and opponents of the proposed Pellissippi Parkway extension are marshaling their forces for a Tennessee Department of Transportation public information meeting...

State Approves Grants for 8 Airports (Tennessean/Stults)

Eight Tennessee airports were approved for aeronautics grants totaling $435,246, Gov. Phil Bredesen's office announced Friday...

Coopertown Still Wants Lights at I-24 Exit (Tennessean/Miller)

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is ready to install lights at Coopertown's Interstate 24 exit,...

Parkway Extension Hearing Jam-packed (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Wilson)

More than 550 heard arguments for, against road plans...Supporters and opponents of the proposed Pellissippi Parkway Extension jammed the auditorium at Heritage High School...

Parkway Packs 'em In (Daily Times)

More than 500 people packed the auditorium at Heritage High School Tuesday evening for a public meeting on the proposed extension of the Pellissippi Parkway...

City Cancels Water Restrictions for Now, Works on Water Issues (Crossville Chronicle)

Work will soon move forward on the Holiday Hills dam repair and improvement project...

Sumner Co. May Have Hit on a Plan to Tax Growth (Tennessean)

Rutherford County has tried and failed.  Wilson County thought about stepping out on a limb before pulling back. But officials in Sumner County think they've found a new way to make money off growth...

Bill Requires American Ownership  of Toll Roads/Bridges (WPLN-Radio Nashville )

A proposal to require American ownership of any company operating toll roads or bridges in Tennessee sailed through the Senate Transportation Committee today...

Bill Would Require Toll Roads to be American-Owned (Associated Press)

Toll roads in Tennessee would have to be majority American-owned under a bill headed for a full Senate vote...

Two Runways to Close at Nashville Ariport (City Paper/Maynord)

Two of the four runways at Nashville International Airport will be closed in the coming weeks for necessary re-construction,...

Tennessee Bills Would Amend Tollway Act (Landline Magazine)

With the state struggling to pay for needed transportation work, multiple measures offered for consideration in Tennessee would expand the number of projects that could be paid off through tolls...

Dayton Airport Gets $55,000 Grant (Chattanooga Times Free-Press)

A grant for $55,000 has been awarded to the Mark Anton Municipal Airport in Dayton to help pay for security fencing,...

Govs Target Transportation Funding (Stateline)

The nation's governors are ratcheting up pressure on Congress and the White House to fix the country's crumbling roads, bridges, dams and sewers...

Govs Favoring Infrastructure Spending Leave Meeting Empty-Handed (AP)

Governors pushing for federal money to repair roads, water systems and bridges didn't get the response they wanted from the White House on Monday...

Governors Appeal to Feds For Help (Star-Ledger)

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine yesterday joined colleagues from California, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida and a host of other states to pres for sizable, long-term federal investments in rebuilding the nation's crumbling roads, bridges, sewer and water systems...

Vote This Week on Whether to Continue Toll Road Studies (K News-Sentinel/Jacobs)

Transportation group's board meeting about proposed parkway Regional government officials on Wednesday will vote on a resolution requesting that state road planners press on with studies...

Dramatic Drop in Center Hill Due to Safety Concerns (Chattanoogan.com

Winter levels expected to render launching ramp "unusable". The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, announced today...

Mark Anton Airport Gets $55,000 Grant for Fencing (Rhea County Herald-News)

A grant of $55,000 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division may allow Dayton's Mark Anton Airport to complete its security fence enclosing the site...

Toll on Parkway Still Possible (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Jacobs)

Despite opposition, local lawmakers vote to allow further study by state...Local officials on Wednesday gave state transportation authorities the nod to continue studying the proposed Knoxville Parkway...

Bill Would Make Sate Toll Routes American-Owned (Tennessean/Emery)

4 projects have been proposed American companies would have to be majority owners to toll roads and bridges in Tennessee under legislation passed in the Senate on Thursday...

California: State Budget Deficit May Delay Roadwork (Ventura County Star)

County might not get gasoline sales tax money until fall, an official says...The state budget crisis is threatening to hamstring local government's efforts to keep up with road repairs,...

Georgia: Border War Won't Derail Hope for High-Speed Train (TFP/Yount)

Supporters of a high-speed train linking the Chattanooga and Atlanta airports said Thursday the border skirmishes and water wars between Georgia and Tennessee would not derail the years-long project just as it is gaining steam...