Former Secretary of Transportation, Whitt Clement, was a great help to the TDX’s recent progress. When he stepped down at the end of March 2005, many transportation advocates wondered how this might affect the course of their efforts. But, it took only a simple phone call to our new Secretary, the Honorable Pierce Homer, to […]
With several years of work supporting us, 2005 marks the most exciting advances for the TDX yet! Between plans for the TDX Demo and passage of the Rail Enhancement Fund, we are inundated with preparations! Even with all the good news to be reported, there remains a need to set the record straight. It has […]
An ad hoc committee met with Tennessee Rail Proponents at the Lynchburg Regional Chamber in May. Present were: TDX Committee Members: French Moore, Rex Hammond, Ira Doom, John Gaines, and Barbara Hartley. Representing Tennessee were: Ben Smith, Retired TDOT Exec Dir – now consultant to Nashville & Eastern Corp., and Scott Sandman, Director Fentress County […]
The TDX Steering Committee held meetings April and June, with Bruce Wingo of Norfolk Southern as a welcomed guest at the April meeting. With so much progress amassing as a result of actions of the 2005 General Assembly, the group could barely cover its agenda at either meeting. But, the findings of the Woodside Study […]
