-
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 | 10:32am
-
TDOT Halts Highway Construction for the Holiday Travel Period
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 | 08:09amNASHVILLE – Road construction won’t delay travelers during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is once again halting all lane closure activity on interstates and state highways in anticipation of higher traffic volumes across the state. No temporary lane closures will be allowed for construction on Tennessee roadways beginning at 6:00 a.m. Friday, December 22, 2023, through 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.
-
Tennessee Unveils State’s First-Ever 10-Year Fiscally Constrained Transportation Project Plan
Monday, December 18, 2023 | 10:00amNashville, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) revealed its first-ever proposed 10-year fiscally-constrained project plan today, with the goal of better communicating with citizens and communities of the long-term investment strategy for infrastructure in Tennessee. The $15 billion fiscally constrained plan includes both the annual TDOT work program budget of approximately $1.2 billion for 10 years plus the $3 billion State General Fund appropriation provided in the Transportation Modernization Act (TMA), proposed by Governor Lee, and passed by the General Assembly earlier this year. There are 93 site-specific capacity-type projects in the plan, 46 of which are funded fully or in part by the $3 billion. For the first time, TDOT has identified the funding necessary to complete all projects in the plan, ensuring “what gets started, gets finished.”
-
Read full story -
Weekly East Tennessee Construction Report for December 14-20, 2023
Thursday, December 14, 2023 | 04:58pmA listing of lane closures and road construction activities for 24 East Tennessee counties.
-
86,064 Pounds of LItter Removed During TDOT's 3rd Annual No Trash November
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 | 11:59amNashville, Tenn. - - More than 86,000 pounds of litter was removed from communities throughout Tennessee as part of the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) 3rd Annual No Trash November, a month-long initiative to ensure the state’s roadways and waterways are safe from the harmful effects of litter.
-
Read full story -
Bridge Construction Prompts Nightly Closures on Interstate 24 in Hamilton County
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 | 12:36pm -
Pothole Repairs Prompt Lane Closure on Interstate 24 in Coffee County
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 | 10:04am -
Pothole Repairs Prompt Lane Closure on Interstate 40 in Cumberland County
Monday, December 11, 2023 | 01:21pm -
Roadway Activity Report for parts of East and Middle Tennessee (December 7 - 13, 2023)
Monday, December 11, 2023 | 10:05amA complete list of lane closure activity due to construction or maintenance operation on state-owned roads within the 24 middle and east Tennessee counties of TDOT Region 2.
-
TDOT Recognizes Ms. Landa Harris, Weakley County Litter Grant Coordinator
Monday, December 11, 2023 | 08:06am -
TDOT Releases Mountain Byways of Tennessee & North Carolina E-Guide
Monday, December 11, 2023 | 08:04amNashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has partnered with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to create a new electronic guide called the Mountain Byways of Tennessee & North Carolina. The e-Guide is available for free by visiting https://www.tn.gov/tdot/ScenicRoadways and is a web-based resource for travelers to the areas of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.
-
Weekly East Tennessee Construction Report for December 7-13, 2023
Thursday, December 07, 2023 | 03:07pmA listing of lane closures and road construction activities for 24 East Tennessee counties.
-
Read full story