TDOT Headlines
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| As the SmartFIX40 project in Knoxville nears completion, the final days of construction can be followed on TDOT's time lapse cameras. |
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TDOT Announces I-40 Will Re-open June 12, 2009
May 11, 2009One of the most anticipated dates in recent Knoxville history is now official; I-40 in Downtown Knoxville will re-open to traffic on June 12, 2009. Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely credited a “great team working on a model project,” at a press conference today announcing the I-40 re-opening date for the SmartFIX40 project.............More
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TDOT Opens Bids for 119 Recovery Act Funded Projects
May 8, 2009The bids are in and today the Tennessee Department of Transportation identified the apparent lowest bidders on the state’s second round of infrastructure projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...........More
Tennessee 4th Grader Wins International Aviation Art Contest
May 8, 2009 Governor Phil Bredesen congratulated two Knoxville, Tennessee elementary students
at the state Capitol Thursday for placing first and second in their age group in a national aviation arts contest..........More
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) allows our department to improve the state's transportation infrastructure and to help our private sector partners retain and add more jobs for Tennesseans. We hope that this one time infusion of federal funds will help carry us through this difficult period until our economy recovers." ....ARRA
Gerald. F. Nicely,
Commissioner of Transportation
