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Report of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State’s Infrastructure Needs July 2019 through June 2024 Rabia Chaudhry, M.P.A., M.S. Project Manager David L. Keiser, M.A. Senior Research Associate Project Manager Tyler Carpenter, M.P.A. Senior Research Associate Mark McAdoo, D.B.A. Research Manager Other Contributing Staff Mark S. Patterson, B.A. Information Systems Manager Teresa Gibson Web Development & Publications Manager January 2021 TACIR staff wish to acknowledge the efforts of the development district staff responsible for the inventory: East Tennessee Development District South Central Tennessee Development District Terry Bobrowski, Executive Director Jerry Mansfield, Executive Director Mollie Childress, Infrastructure Planner Lisa Cross, RPO/Infrastructure Director Kayla Baxter, Agricultural and Environmental First Tennessee Development District Resource Coordinator Chris Craig, Executive Director Misty Bradley, Program Assistant Southeast Tennessee Development District Ken Rea, Deputy Director, Economic and Beth Jones, Executive Director Community Development Chuck Hammonds, Assistant Executive Director Bill Forrester, Director of Industrial Development Sam Saieed, Asst. Director of Community & Housing Development Gray Stothart, Community Development Chad Reese, Planning Director Coordinator/Historic Preservation Planner Ashley Yingling Gates, Regional Planner Garrett Haynes, Regional Planner Lance Lowery, Community Development Project Coordinator Greg Davis, GIS Technician Greater Nashville Regional Council Southwest Tennessee Development District Michael Skipper, Executive Director Joe Barker, Executive Director Sean Pfalzer, Transportation Planning Manager Melissa Davis, Community Investment Specialist Elham Daha, Senior Planner Upper Cumberland Development District Memphis Area Association of Governments Mark Farley, Executive Director Ralph Moore, Executive Director Chuck Sutherland, GIS Specialist Lisa Trexler, Administrative Assistant Northwest Tennessee Development District John Bucy, Executive Director Wanda Fuzzell, Infrastructure Planner Jennifer Zimmerman, Grant Writer Cover Photography: Bledsoe County Health Department, Jillian White, Southwest Tennessee Development District Gladeville Middle School, Wilson County, Kaatz, Binkley, Jones, & Morris Architects, Inc. N Grundy Quarles Highway, Jackson County, Chuck Sutherland, Upper Cumberland Development District Clay County Highway Bridge, Chuck Sutherland, Upper Cumberland Development District Tennessee State Museum, Davidson County, Tennessee Photographic Services Recommended Citation: Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. 2021. Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State’s Infrastructure Needs. State of Tennessee Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations 226 Anne Dallas Dudley Boulevard, Suite 508 Nashville, Tennessee 37243 Legislative Members Senator Jon Lundberg Bristol January 7, 2021 Senator Katrina Robinson Memphis Senator Ken Yager Kingston The Honorable Randy McNally Senator Jeff Yarbro Lt. Governor and Speaker of the Senate Nashville Representative Mike Carter, Chairman Ooltewah The Honorable Cameron Sexton Representative John Crawford Speaker of the House of Representatives Kingsport Representative Harold M. Love Jr. Members of the General Assembly Nashville State Capitol Representative Antonio Parkinson Memphis Nashville, TN 37243 Statutory Members Senator Bo Watson Ladies and Gentlemen: Hixon Representative Susan Lynn Mt. Juliet Transmitted herewith is the nineteenth in a series of reports on Justin Wilson Tennessee’s infrastructure needs by the Tennessee Advisory Commission Comptroller of Treasury on Intergovernmental Relations pursuant to Public Chapter 817, Acts County Members of 1996. That Act requires the Commission to compile and maintain an Mayor Rogers Anderson inventory of infrastructure needed in Tennessee and present these needs Williamson County and associated costs to the General Assembly during its regular legislative Mayor Buddy Bradshaw Loudon County session. The inventory, by law, is designed to support the development County Executive Jeff Huffman by state and local officials of goals, strategies, and programs to Tipton County Mayor Larry Waters • improve the quality of life of all Tennesseans, Sevier County Municipal Members • support livable communities, and Mayor Tom Bickers Louisville • enhance and encourage the overall economic development Mayor Kevin Brooks, Vice Chairman of the state through the provision of adequate and essential Cleveland public infrastructure. Mayor Jill Holland McKenzie This year’s report includes one-page summaries for each county-area Mayor A. Keith McDonald that lists the estimated cost for all types of infrastructure by stage of Bartlett development. The summaries also highlight the top three types of Other Local Government Members infrastructure improvements needed in each county based on total Mary Gaither, Tipton County Clerk County Officials Association of Tennessee estimated cost and provide comparisons of the infrastructure needed at Mayor Terry Frank public school systems to student enrollment. Anderson County Tennessee Development District Association Executive Branch Members Respectfully yours, Paula Davis, Deputy Comm. of Operations & Admn. Dept. of Economic and Community Development Sammie Arnold, Asst. Comm. of Comm. & Rural Dev. Dept. of Economic and Community Development Private Citizen Members Calvin Clifton Representative Mike Carter Cliff Lippard Kingsport Chairman Executive Director Jeff Peach Smyrna TACIR Cliff Lippard, Executive Director 226 Anne Dallas Dudley Blvd., Suite 508 Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0760 Phone: (615) 741-3012 Fax: (615) 532-2443 www.tn.gov/tacir TO: Commission Members FROM: Cliff Lippard Executive Director DATE: 7 January 2021 SUBJECT: Annual Report on Tennessee’s Public Infrastructure Needs—Final Report for Approval The Tennessee General Assembly charged the Commission in 1996 with developing and maintaining an inventory of public infrastructure needs “in order for the state, municipal and county governments of Tennessee to develop goals, strategies, and programs which would • improve the quality of life of its citizens, • support livable communities, and • enhance and encourage the overall economic development of the state.” Each year since this mandate was created, the Commission staff has worked with the state’s nine development districts to gather information from state and local officials for an inventory of Tennessee’s public infrastructure needs. The information provided is analyzed, and an annual report is prepared for the General Assembly. The current report is submitted for Commission approval. It is the nineteenth in the series and presents $58.6 billion of needed infrastructure improvements reported in the inventory by state and local officials. This most recent inventory includes projects that need to be in some stage of development during the five-year period July 2019 through June 2024. The report includes a single statewide overview chapter that provides information by type of infrastructure, the condition and needs of our public school facilities, the availability of funding to meet reported needs, and a comparison of county-area needs. One-page summaries for each county area are also included that list the estimated cost for all types of infrastructure by stage of development. The summaries also highlight the top three types of infrastructure improvements needed in each county based on total estimated cost and provide comparisons of the infrastructure needed at public school systems to student enrollment. Further detailed county-area information about each type of infrastructure in the inventory, along with relevant legislation, inventory forms, and glossary of terms, can be found in the appendixes to the report. Contents Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State’s Infrastructure Needs July 2019 through June 2024 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................................3 Why inventory public infrastructure needs? ......................................................................................................3 What infrastructure is included in the inventory?............................................................................................4 How is the inventory accomplished? ....................................................................................................................5 How is the inventory used? ......................................................................................................................................7 What else needs to be done? ..................................................................................................................................8 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................11 Public infrastructure needed for transportation, utilities, and general government accounts for 96.2% of the increase in this year’s inventory. .................................................................................. 14 The total estimated cost for needed transportation infrastructure continues to be the largest in the inventory. .....................................................................................................................................................