Tennessee’s IMPROVE Act, touted as a 10-year, $10.5 billion program financed by fuel tax increases, has jumped to a 20-year program and potentially pushed off two big Shelby County projects. The Lamar Avenue widening, a three-phase project costing $240 million-plus, is underway and not expected to be affected by the state’s failure to attach the cost of inflation to the law passed in 2017, according to Tennessee Department of Transportation officials. It could, however, be impacted by uncertainty tied to federal transportation dollars, another thorn in the side of the Tennessee Department of Transportation. LINK
2 TDOT Contractors Killed in Arlington Crash Identified; Worker, Trooper Injured | Commercial Appeal
2 TDOT Contractors Killed in Arlington Crash Identified; Worker, Trooper Injured | Commercial Appeal
Two Tennessee Department of Transportation contractors were killed and one injured in a crash early Wednesday morning along Interstate 40 in Arlington. A state trooper was also injured, Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed in a statement. The trooper was transported to Regional One Medical Center where he is recovering. The two deceased TDOT employees who worked for A&A Safety Inc., which is based in Amelia, Ohio were identified by the company as Jared Helton, 22, and Justin Stafford, 30.
More Than 14,000 Work Zone Crashes in Tennessee in Last 5 Years | WREG
More Than 14,000 Work Zone Crashes in Tennessee in Last 5 Years | WREG
Data from the Tennessee Department of Transportation shows an alarming number of crashes are happening in work zones across the state. From January 1 to September 30 this year, there were 502 crashes with seven fatalities. Another crash happened Wednesday morning along Interstate 40 near Airline, when a truck plowed into two TDOT contractors and a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper’s vehicle.
Supreme Court Justices Focus on Groundwater Pollution in CWA Case | ASCE SmartBrief
Supreme Court Justices Focus on Groundwater Pollution in CWA Case | ASCE SmartBrief
The Supreme Court heard testimony over how "point sources" are defined under the Clean Water Act as part of the County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund case. "I was very happy that the justices were honing in on the really big-ticket question here, which is whether people can evade the Clean Water Act simply by using groundwater as a sewer to pollute navigable waters," says David Henken of Earthjustice. The Hill, Engineering News-Record
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