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NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Hancock County Transportation will receive $92,259 in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. The Hancock County Transportation provides public transportation services for citizens in Hancock County.  

 

 

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Mid-Cumberland Human Resources Agency will receive $2.4 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. The MCHRA provides public transportation for citizens in Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson and Davidson Counties.  

 

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Northwest Tennessee Human Resources Agency will receive $1.3 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. The NWHRA provides public transportation for citizens in Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion and Weakley Counties.  

 

 

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that the Pigeon Forge Fun Time Trolley will receive $1.1 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. PFFTT provides public transportation services for all of the Pigeon Forge area.  

 

 

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that South Central Tennessee Development District Rural Public Transportation will receive $1.99 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. The SCTDD provides public transportation services for citizens in Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry and Wayne Counties.  

 

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Southeast Tennessee Human Resources Agency will receive $1.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. SETHRA provides public transportation services for citizens in Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie Counties.  

 

 

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Southwest Tennessee Human Resources Agency will receive $1.39 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. The SWHRA provides public transportation for citizens in Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Madison and McNairy Counties.  

 

 

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Upper Cumberland Human Resources Agency will receive $1.7 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. UCHRA provides public transportation services for Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and White Counties.  

 

KNOXVILLE – The most expensive highway project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Tennessee is now underway. Construction crews began widening a four mile section of Highway 66 in Sevier County Monday night, July 27. 

 

When completed, the $38.7 million project will widen the existing highway from four lanes to six lanes including shoulders, curb and gutter and sidewalks, from Boyds Creek Highway (SR-338) to SR-448 in Sevierville. Highway 66, also known as the Great Smoky Mountains Parkway, is the main artery into the popular tourist destinations of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With over 9 million visitors last year, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country.