Tennessee halts work on I-69 corridor

WKMS | By AP

Published December 26, 2012 at 7:01 AM CST

Tennessee officials say they’re putting a hold on their state’s segment of the proposed Interstate 69 corridor until the federal government provides more money for the project. The Tennessee Department of Transportation hasn’t made an official announcement about the delay, but TDOT spokeswoman B.J. Doughty tells the Commercial Appeal some kind of federal promise on I-69 is needed. Tennessee, Kentucky, and the five other states I-69 will pass through want Congress to dedicate money specifically for the project. Tennessee’s segment runs from Memphis north to South Fulton. The Commonwealth’s portion runs from there northeast to Henderson.

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Todd Hatton hails from Paducah, Kentucky, where he got into radio under the auspices of the late, great John Stewart of WKYX while a student at Paducah Community College. He also worked at WKMS in the reel-to-reel tape days of the early 1990s before running off first to San Francisco, then Orlando in search of something to do when he grew up. He received his MFA in Creative Writing at Murray State University. He vigorously resists adulthood and watches his wife, Angela Hatton, save the world one plastic bottle at a time.

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