Revenue for transportation projects is flat and it's not keeping pace with what Tennessee needs, state Transportation Commissioner Will Reid told a panel of lawmakers.
"Federal, state and local funding have no recurring growth and our fuel taxes have not been indexed to inflation," Reid told the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. "Meanwhile the cost of building roads and building infrastructure has tripled since the early 2000s."
The commission requested a study of transportation funding, which is expected for in September 2026.
Lawmakers grappled with transportation funding for years. Projects promised in 2017's Improve Act, which raised the state's fuel tax, have still not been completed. The price tag for the remaining projects is $15 million, Reid said.
