Lee says state needs to move faster on highway projects
Governor Bill Lee stands yards away from the diverted I-55 interchange along with Deputy Governor and TDOT Commissioner Butch Eley, in Memphis, Monday, June 5, 2023. They were in Memphis as part of the Build with Us Tour, part of the Transportation Modernizatrion Act. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
Lee and a group of around 30 elected officials, TDOT employees and construction workers stood near the Crump Boulevard overpass, which is where a new roundabout is being built. The project has been talked about in some shape or another for more than 20 years.
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