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TDOT outlines I‑24 Southeast Choice Lanes plan; council presses for clarity on access control and maintenance
Summary
TDOT told Murfreesboro leaders the I‑24 Choice Lanes program is a roughly 26‑mile, $4.5 billion corridor project with an approved environmental assessment and upcoming NEPA and procurement milestones; council members pressed TDOT on which segments would remain full access control and what local maintenance obligations the city would inherit.
TDOT representatives briefed the Murfreesboro City Council workshop on the I‑24 Southeast Choice Lanes program, describing the project as a roughly 26‑mile corridor with an estimated cost of about $4.5 billion and a recently approved environmental assessment that clears the project to advance into NEPA decision and commercial procurement phases.
"My name's Rebecca Hammonds. I am the TDOT p3 communications officer," Rebecca Hammonds said, who described the program delivery as a public‑private partnership intended to leverage private financing for major corridor improvements. Paige Heintzeman, TDOT's P3 director of delivery, said the EA and recent public hearings led into a commercial procurement process that will select a best‑value proposer later this year and that the local government…
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