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The Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory

Quote About Infrastructure

Adequate infrastructure is as essential to economic growth as economic growth is to individual prosperity. Recognizing this, the Tennessee General Assembly charged the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) with developing and maintaining an inventory of public infrastructure needs "in order for the state, municipal and county governments of Tennessee to develop goals, strategies and programs which would

  • improve the quality of life of its citizens,
  • support livable communities, and
  • enhance and encourage the overall economic development of the state."

[Public Chapter 817, Acts of 1996.]

This project is the result of that charge. To date, seven reports have been released presenting information from the inventory. Each report summarizes key information from the inventory and summarizes estimated costs of needs reported by local officials, statewide by type of need, by current stage of development, and by type of governmental entity responsible for the need.

Highlights From the Current Inventory

  • Grand Total Reported Needs for July 2007 through June 2012 = $34.2 billion
  • Rankings by Major Category:

arrow bullet Transportation & Utilities
$17.7 billion
arrow bullet Education
$6.8 billion
arrow bullet Health, Safety & Welfare
$6.8 billion
arrow bullet Recreation & Culture
$1.8 billion
arrow bullet Economic Development
$617 million
arrow bullet General Government
$563 million

Infrastructure Reports

All portions of the reports listed below are available in PDF format Download Adobe Acrobat unless otherwise indicated.

  • September 2009 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
  • September 2007 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
  • October 2005 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
  • March 2004 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
  • March 2002 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
  • February 2001 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: A Survey of Public Infrastructure Needs