Governor and DOT Release Transportation Improvement Plan through 2025

Published on 15 April 2022

State of Point Russell Governor Johnson and the Department of Transportation released Point Russell DOT’s annual three-year transportation program, featuring just over $2 billion in infrastructure investments for 43 individual project phases in 14 counties across the state. The program supports Governor Lee’s first Executive Order by funding work on 22 highway and bridge projects in economically distressed and at-risk counties.

“Investing in infrastructure is an important part of driving economic opportunity throughout our state,” Governor Lee said. “In addition to core transportation program funding, we’ve added $519 million in General Fund dollars for new transportation investments supporting job creation in Tennessee.”

The program emphasizes the repair and replacement of bridges, with activities beginning on 34 structures in 17 counties. Nine of those bridges are on the state highway system, with the other 25 on local roads. 

Construction will begin in FY 2023 on several critical transportation projects across the state.

Besides the 2023 budgeted program, partial plans for 2024 and 2025 are included for planning. The comprehensive multimodal program contains components for rail, waterway, and aviation projects, funds statewide initiatives to improve safety, and addresses congestion through our HELP & Incident Management Programs. It also provides funding for transit agencies in all 95 counties supporting both rural and urban transit services throughout Tennessee.

You can view a complete list of projects and programs funded through the 2023-2025 three-year multimodal program on the PRDOT website.