Tennessee Makes Way for the Monarchs | New York Times
TDOT — like many other state transportation departments across the country — now practices swath mowing, a strategy that allows wildflowers to bloom unmolested in rural areas till after the first frost. Instead of clearing the entire space between the road and the right-of-way fence, mowers clear only a 16-foot-wide area next to the road. That’s 13,807 miles of blooming flowers across Tennessee. “We pay attention,” said Shawn Bible, the transportation manager of the department’s Highway Beautification Office. “We knew there was a problem with pollinators, and we saw an opportunity to help, so we jumped in to do it.”
Opinion
US Needs to Rethink Infrastructure Funding | ASCE SmartBrief
A mix of different funding channels that fails to provide a consistent source of funds is thwarting efforts to address the nation's infrastructure needs, despite broad agreement in Washington, Reps. Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., and Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., write. In this opinion piece, the two members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee propose a centralized federal Infrastructure Investment Fund to supplement existing programs that do work well. The Hill
Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the policy or opinion of
TN Infrastructure Alliance, its staff or members.
TDOT — like many other state transportation departments across the country — now practices swath mowing, a strategy that allows wildflowers to bloom unmolested in rural areas till after the first frost. Instead of clearing the entire space between the road and the right-of-way fence, mowers clear only a 16-foot-wide area next to the road. That’s 13,807 miles of blooming flowers across Tennessee. “We pay attention,” said Shawn Bible, the transportation manager of the department’s Highway Beautification Office. “We knew there was a problem with pollinators, and we saw an opportunity to help, so we jumped in to do it.”
Opinion
US Needs to Rethink Infrastructure Funding | ASCE SmartBrief
A mix of different funding channels that fails to provide a consistent source of funds is thwarting efforts to address the nation's infrastructure needs, despite broad agreement in Washington, Reps. Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., and Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., write. In this opinion piece, the two members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee propose a centralized federal Infrastructure Investment Fund to supplement existing programs that do work well. The Hill
