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NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, in cooperation with the University of Tennessee, is reviewing more than 170 applications for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants through the department’s Clean Diesel Grant program. The grants help Tennessee trucking companies and private truck owners in the state pay for idle reduction technologies. Grant funding is still available.

 

NASHVILLE – Thirty Marshall County citizens hit the roads Monday, April 26 as new employees of the Tennessee Department of Transportation.  On April 7, Governor Phil Bredesen outlined a plan to use federal Recovery Act funds to reduce unemployment in Marshall County by putting a total of 175 people back to work. These 30 newly-hired TDOT workers are among the first to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the Governor’s plan.

 

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Transportation is pleased to announce the early completion of a bridge replacement project on Chestnut Street in Nashville. A portion of Chestnut Street, which has been closed since the project began in August 2009, is now open to traffic.

 

The $2 million project, which was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, replaced the bridge that crosses over the CSX Railroad. The 80 year old bridge was classified in “Poor” condition and was on the state’s list of structurally deficient bridges. The bridge’s sufficiency rating was 37.6 out of 100.

 

 

 

 

NASHVILLE — Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Tennessee is one of just two states selected to receive millions of dollars for education in the federal government’s Race to the Top competition. The U.S. Department of Education announced Tennessee and Delaware as the competition’s first round winners earlier today.

 

Tennessee will receive approximately $500 million to implement its comprehensive school reform plans over the next four years.

 

“This is a landmark opportunity for Tennessee,” said Bredesen. “Our success in Race to the Top speaks to the commitment we’ve made to meaningful and significant improvement in public education, and the funds provided by the grant will carry us forward in a dramatic and positive direction.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Education has announced that an additional $255,794,562 is now available to Tennessee under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) program. Tennessee received $635 million in phase one stabilization funds in May 2009. The funds announced today are additional funds available made available to the state upon approval of its phase two SFSF application.

 

Read the full U.S. Department of Education press release here.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Transportation will use federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to provide rural residents with better access to daily public transit. Vice President Joe Biden announced federal approval of TDOT’s plan to use $3.1 million in Recovery Act funds to expand direct intercity bus routes on Friday, March 5. The funds will be used by existing intercity bus carriers to purchase 23 buses, security equipment, support vehicles, computers, intelligent transportation system software, for ADA enhancements to vehicles and preventive maintenance. TDOT announced the first intercity bus routes in the state in March 2009. The program provides fixed route public transportation services between rural areas and the state’s urban centers.