Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright have released TDOT’s annual three year transportation program, featuring approximately $2.1 billion in infrastructure investments for 139 individual project phases. The program provides support for Gov. Lee’s first Executive Order by funding work on 86 highway and bridge projects in economically distressed and at-risk counties.
The program places a high emphasis on the repair and replacement of bridges, with activities beginning on 91 structures in 44 counties. Seventeen of those bridges are on the state highway system, with the other 74 on local roads.
In addition to the 2020 budgeted program, partial plans for 2021 and 2022 are included, along with funding for 15 transportation programs including Rockfall Mitigation, Spot Safety Improvement, and the statewide HELP Program. The program also provides funding for transit agencies in all 95 counties, as well as Metropolitan and Rural Planning Organizations.
One project on the list is in Cannon County. State Route 1, US-70 (W. Main St.) From West of Woodbury to New SR1 (US-70S) East of Woodbury. The Project is an environmental study for sometime in 2020.
