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Wilson County weighs regional approach to fix five-mile stretch of East Division Road
Summary
Commissioners debated whether to wait for a potential SS4A-style grant that would fund most of a five-mile East Division project or spend about $3 million now to repair four dangerous spots; they discussed coordinating with Mount Juliet and Lebanon to present a unified project to TDOT.
Wilson County commissioners spent the largest portion of their Jan. 8 meeting debating whether to pursue a coordinated, multi-jurisdictional grant application to fund work on a roughly five-mile stretch of East Division Road or to spend county funds now to address four high-priority spots.
The discussion centered on two options: apply with neighboring cities (Mount Juliet and Lebanon) for a federal/state grant (speakers referenced an SS4A-style grant) that could cover roughly 80% of the project cost, or use about $3,000,000 in county funds to fix the worst sections now. Speaker 5 argued piecemeal repairs would shift the problem rather than solve it, saying a patchwork of…
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