With Video -- As part of ongoing construction on I-440 in Nashville, the I-440 bridge over I-65 will close this weekend, Sept. 20-23 for a widening project, the Tennessee Department of Transportation announced Friday, August 9. “When this project was conceived, one of the things we wanted to do is to make sure we have three lanes throughout [I-440], which means the bridge over I-65 has to be widened,” said Will Reid, TDOT’s assistant chief engineer of operations.
Senate Subcommittee Moves Transportation Funding Bill Forward | ASCE Smartbrief
A Senate Appropriations subcommittee has approved a transportation funding bill for fiscal 2020, and the bill is set for a hearing Thursday by the full committee. The bill would allocate $1 billion for the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grant program.
The Ayers Foundation Working To Conserve Tennessee Wildlife | Chattanogan
The Ayers Foundation, created in 1999 to sustain and significantly improve the quality of life in Tennessee, has made a notable gift to Tennessee Wildlife Federation in support of its efforts to fight invasive Asian carp in the state’s waters. These funds would support a three-pronged approach of erecting barriers at locks to stop the movement of carp, incentivizing and expanding commercial fishing to remove Asian carp from our waters, and monitoring and researching progress to find areas for improvement. “Tennessee’s waters flow in and out of other states, so we can’t just fight carp here at home,” said Butler. “Thanks to the Ayers’ support, we have brought together congressmen and senators across the Southeast who are now actively working to secure the funds needed for Tennessee and our neighbors to block and tackle carp in a big way.”
