Friday, August 26, 2016

Tennessee may loose highway funds
Every member of Tennessee’s Congressional delegation this week urged U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx to work with Governor Bill Haslam and state officials to find a solution to a problem that threatens Tennessee with the loss of $60 million in urgently needed highway funds. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said this month that a new Tennessee state law passed in April to increase the alcohol content level for underage drivers to be considered impaired, could put the state out of compliance with federal law and may result in the loss of $60 million infederal highway funds. “Based upon our review of both the state and federal laws and the purpose behind both laws, it seems that both the State of Tennessee and the federal government have the same objective of penalizing impaired driving and that the common sense thing to do is to resolve this matter promptly,” the members told Secretary Foxx .


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