Warnings continue over TN’s lack of sustainable transportation funding, even with toll lane project

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: August 27, 2026

Words: 464

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation warned again that the state’s transportation infrastructure needs continue to outpace revenues, even as a toll lane project takes shape.

Last week, Gov. Bill Lee announced the first phase of the toll project, with a team of companies chosen to begin construction on a lane connecting Murfreesboro to Nashville.

“This is the right tool for the challenge but not a silver bullet,” said …

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