Volume 9, Issue 3 — Spring 2009
Projects Approved to Receive Stimulus Funds
The Knoxville region has been allocated $12,678,421 in funds for transportation related projects from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, which the President signed into law in February. The TPO worked to prepare a list of potential projects with the assistance of local governments in anticipation of these funds. A total of $50 million worth of projects were requested by local jurisdictions. The requested projects were then evaluated by TPO staff for eligibility. To be eligible for stimulus funds, a project must be eligible for federal funding and must be able to be contracted by November 2009. |
 ARRA funds will be used to continue the widening of Lovell Road that has already begun west of Pellissippi Parkway. |
The TPO Executive Board quickly approved two projects, which constituted more than $5 million of the economic stimulus funds. The remaining $7.2 million were allocated at a special Executive Board meeting on March 25, where they approved the list of projects as recommended by the TPO Technical Committee.
The following list contains all of the projects that will receive stimulus funds. The projects will be completed over the next few years. The projects are still subject to state and federal approval to verify eligibility.
