Published: December 7, 2018

THE CITY OF SPRING HILL COULD SEE SOON SEE SOME TRAFFIC RELIEF AS THEY HAVE JUST BEEN AWARDED A 25 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, US SENATOR LAMAR ALEXANDER ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY THE CITY WILL RECEIVE THE GRANT FROM THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.  THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW INTERCHANGE BETWEEN I-65 AND I-840 AND AN EXTENSION OF BUCKNER ROAD FROM BUNKER LANE TO LEWISBURG PIKE TO CONNECT THE NEW INTERCHANGE.  THE GRANT IS PART OF THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BETTER UTILIZING INVESTMENTS TO LEVERAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH AWARDS COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO COMMUNITIES IN TENNESSEE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO FIND SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAILROADS AND PORT INFRASTRUCTURE.