Tag: Tennessee transportation funding

Roadbuilding

Tennessee’s IMPROVE Act provides for two Alcoa Highway projects

Tennessee’s Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act is providing for two new projects on the Alcoa Highway, with both projects set to begin in 2018. “Making improvements to an entire corridor like Alcoa Highway is a big and expensive undertaking, but one that is crucial to improve safety and […]

August 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Pairing fuel tax increases with big cuts elsewhere, Tenn.’s IMPROVE transportation funding bill becomes law

Tennessee Gov. Bill Halsam has signed into law the “Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy” (IMPROVE) Act, which increases the state gas tax by 6 cents and the diesel tax by 10 cents per gallon to help provide funding for bridge and road projects across the state. Haslam introduced the measure, […]

April 28, 2017

Roadbuilding

Tennessee House moves Haslam’s IMPROVE Act for transportation funding forward

The Tennessee House Transportation Committee has approved a version of Gov. Bill Haslam’s IMPROVE Act aimed at providing increased funds for road funding, according to a report by the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The proposal, also known as “Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy,” would, in a modified form, increase the […]

March 23, 2017