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Rutherford County committee votes to send Brownfield grant application for Walter Hill study to budget

5760691 · September 2, 2025
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The Public Works and Planning Committee voted to forward an application to the county budget office seeking up to $500,000 in TDEC Brownfield Redevelopment funds to investigate contamination near Walter Hill Dam on the Stones River.

The Rutherford County Public Works and Planning Committee on Sept. 2 voted to send a proposed application to the county budget office for a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Brownfield Redevelopment Area grant that would fund investigation and potential cleanup work near Walter Hill Dam on the Stones River.

The motion to forward the application to budget passed on a roll call vote, with Commissioners Cush, Payne, James, Dodd, Boyd and Chairman Johnson voting yes and Commissioner Piercy voting no. Commissioner Peay made the motion to send the application to budget during the committee meeting; a second was recorded in the discussion before the roll call.

Committee members said they sought more information about what the grant would pay for and whether it could…

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