2023 Tennessee Code › Title 67 - TAXES AND LICENSES (§§ 67-1-101 — 67-10-107) › Chapter 3 - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS TAX LAW (§§ 67-3-101 — 67-3-1407) › Part 9 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 67-3-901 — 67-3-912) › Section 67-3-903 - Specific highway projects benefited by 1986 gasoline tax increases

(a)
During the 1986-1987 fiscal year, the funds generated under chapter 931 of the Acts of 1986, shall be used only for the projects specified in the March 25, 1986, Proposed Fiscal Year 1986-1987 Transportation Improvement Plan and Additional Construction Projects, and those additional projects listed in chapter 931 of the Public Acts of 1986. No projects shall be deleted from this plan without the approval of the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate. Additional projects shall include the following:
(1)
There shall be included in the Cannon County SR-1 (US-70S) SR-64 to Woodbury bridge construction project described therein the widening of SR-1 to four (4) lanes from Woodbury to the Rutherford County line, and in the Smith County SR-25 Carthage bypass right-of-way project described therein necessary bridge design;
(2)
There shall be included a highway from Columbia, in Maury County, to the intersection of Law Road and Interstate 40 at Exit 140 in Henderson County, this highway to provide access through the counties of Maury, Lewis, Perry, Decatur, and Henderson, among others, and to the cities of Hohenwald, Linden, Parsons, and Lexington, among others; and
(3)
There shall be included the reconstruction of Old Hickory Boulevard (State Highway 251) to four (4) lanes from U.S. Highway 70S to U.S. Highway 70N near Interstate Route 40.
(b)
(1)
(A)
The projects listed in the memorandum dated April 1, 1986, from Commissioner Dale Kelley to Senator Henry, Senator Darnell, Representative Bragg and Representative Robinson shall constitute and comprise the projects to be completed no later than the end of the 1998-1999 fiscal year, and the provisions of such memorandum are hereby incorporated herein by reference. No project shall be deleted or changed from such memorandum without the approval of the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate.
(B)
The reference in such memorandum on page 2 of 2, headed BICENTENNIAL PARKWAY SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS, shall include after the language "Interstate 155 Extension" the following: on a route to be determined by the commissioner of transportation after public hearings and feasibility studies through either Dyer, Gibson and Madison counties or through Dyer, Crockett and Madison counties.
(2)
Additional projects shall include:
(A)
The reconstruction of Highway 61 to four (4) lanes from Clinton to Oak Ridge;
(B)
Preplanning of the reconstruction of Highway 46 from Highway 149 to Dickson;
(C)
Improvement of the Austin Peay Highway in Shelby County north from I-240 North at an estimated cost of four million three hundred thousand dollars ($4,300,000); and
(D)
The widening to four (4) lanes of Highway 12 from Ashland City to Clarksville Highway in Davidson County.
(c)
Nothing in this section shall be interpreted or construed to place any roadway which is the subject of chapter 931 of the Public Acts of 1986, under the Scenic Highway Act of 1971, compiled in title 54, chapter 17, part 1, or the Tennessee Parkway System Act, complied in title 54, chapter 17, part 2.
(d)
In addition to the projects listed in the "Accelerated Primary Highway Plan" in the memorandum dated April 1, 1986, from Commissioner Dale Kelley to Senator Henry, Senator Darnell, Representative Bragg and Representative Robinson, there is added a project in Memphis described as: The reconstruction of U.S. Route 61, South Third Street, from Shelby Drive to Mitchell Road to provide six (6) traffic lanes.
(e)
The commissioner of transportation may consider a northern route to complement the Bicentennial Parkway project known as Interstate 840. Counties which may be considered by the commissioner for the northern route are Wilson, Montgomery, Robertson, Cheatham, Dickson and Sumner. During the 1993-1994 fiscal year, location and environmental studies shall be undertaken. The commissioner may consider funding sources from all revenues allocated to the department of transportation for highway purposes.
Acts 1997 , ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-3-2003.