Traffic navigates through the intersection of Candies Lane and Ridgeway Drive, located near the exit 25 interchange with I-75. Cleveland planners would liken the Tennessee Department of Transportation to perform an operational evaluation study regarding options for relieving traffic congestion at the intersection.WASHINGTON – Tennessee’s highway director has delayed $400 million in road projects until fiscal 2016 because of uncertainty over future federal funding.
John Schroer, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, notified state lawmakers in a letter that the 12 construction projects and 21 right-of-way acquisitions were supposed to be finished in fiscal 2015, which ends on Sept. 30 next year.
“While these projects are only delayed and not canceled, they represent almost $400 million in transportation investments that could be helping to modernize our transportation network and reducing congestion and making Tennessee a more attractive destination for economic expansion,” Schroer wrote.