IMPROVE Act stretches to 20 years, potentially hurting projects in Shelby County
Traffic backs up on Lamar Avenue south of Shelby Drive on July 24, 2018. The congestion on Lamar may be eased by the widening planned as a result of the IMPROVE Act. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Tennessee Department of Transportation officials say the IMPROVE Act, a 10-year, $10.5 billion program financed by fuel tax increases, has jumped to 20 years, possibly pushing off two big Shelby County projects.
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Antonio Parkinson Clay Bright Jim Coley Paul DeggesSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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