Friday, October 11, 2019

Today's Infrastructure News

State to Help with Replacement of 2 Bridges in Elizabethton | WJHL News 11
TDOT Closing Elizabethton bridge due to unsafe conditions. The City of Elizabethton will not have to cover costs of construction ...

MD Senator Demands Answers about Interstate Guardrail Safety Following Tragedies in TN and Across ... | WBIR.com
The Tennessee Department of Transportation had removed the controversial guardrail barrier from its list of approved devices just one week before the deadly crash out of concern for 'long term performance' when vehicles exceed 45 miles per hour, eventually replacing them on Tennessee's highways by mid-2017.

Mayor John Cooper Appoints Senior Advisor of Transportation and Infrastructure | Tennessee Tribune

Faye DiMassimo... joins Mayor Cooper’s staff as Senior Advisor of Transportation and Infrastructure... She has spent 28 years in the public sector at the local, regional and federal levels and 10 years with private sector consulting firms...

Spirit Launches Las Vegas to Nashville Nonstop Flights | Las Vegas Review-Journal
“We're excited to announce four new destinations as we celebrate our first day of service in Nashville, Tennessee,” John Kirby, Spirit Airlines' vice ...
Mississippi’s 73 airports generated 20,000 jobs, $2.53 billion in economic output and had a $722 million in payroll, a 2014 report showed. Meanwhile, in Louisiana, a report released that same year showed that state’s 68 airports supported 58,900 jobs while infusing the economy with $6.7 billion. Tennessee, Georgia and Florida all have had reports completed since 2010 by private researchers hired by their respective state Departments of Transportations. But in Alabama, it has been 15 years since there has been a comprehensive look

Economic Impacts of Aviation Activity in Tennessee | TDOT PDF


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