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5 How Will Your Municipality Observe 14 Solving Infrastructure Challenges
Public Works Week? Will Take Money and New Ideas

Tennessee Public Works Magazine wants to share To ensure we are poised for the future, we need a holistic
how Public Works Week is celebrated. Send materials to approach to solving our infrastructure concerns to create
klair@tnpublicworks.com. further lasting improvements. The increase in the gas tax is
an important step, but it must be one of many in order to
6 A Connector Named “Division” create an overall improvement to the condition of our state’s
Designing a New Bridge in Urban Nashville infrastructure and in turn the quality of life for those of us
who live here.
By creating safer roadways that accommodate drivers,
cyclists and pedestrians, a transportation project has the 16 2018 TPWI Class Schedule
potential to connect communities, improve air quality and
encourage more active, healthy lifestyles. That lofty goal is Classes offered in 2018 are: Public Works Supervision;
exactly what the design team set out to achieve with the new Maintenance Technologies for Public Works Personnel;
Division Street extension bridge in downtown Nashville. and Public Works Administration.

8 Progress on Sewer Improvements 18 TDOT Explores Affordable, Sustainable
Deicing Options
Utilizing the pre- and post-flow monitoring data, the city
of Chattanooga performs an RDII analysis on completed The Tennessee Department of Transportation’s #1 priority is
projects. Preliminary results of completed projects indicate a the safety of highway motorists. Tennessee winters present
substantial decrease in SSOs at all project sites and, in some real challenges for residents and visitors alike as they
areas, elimination of SSOs. navigate a state with a diverse range of temperatures, terrain
and precipitation.
12 Pavement Management Program
Helps Hendersonville Get on Track 21 2018 TCAPWA & SWANA Annual Conference

Being able to point at unbiased data was instrumental in 24 West Branch Meets in the Town of Atoka
detailing how to best service the city’s roads and justify where
the paving maintenance dollars were spent. This allows 27 Upper East Branch Meets in Sevierville
staff to prioritize and answer questions about why it costs
so much to pave and maintain the infrastructure. It also 28 Submit Nominations for TCAPWA Awards

provided a much The Awards Committee is seeking nominations from our
needed database chapter members and friends for TCAPWA’s 2018 Annual
of all the roads Awards. Nominations are due by Aug. 31.
and an unbiased
assessment of their 29 Contributors
condition.
30 Buyer’s Guide

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