Transportation

I-240 construction likely to cause delays

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, July 15th, 2011, 3:35pm

I-240 construction likely to cause delays

Drivers should go ahead and plan for delays on Interstate 240 this weekend.

Workers will begin repaving the eastbound lanes of I-240 between Bill Morris Pkwy. and Walnut Grove Rd. at 8 p.m. tonight. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says crews will work non-stop until Monday, July 18 at 6 a.m.

And to make things even more difficult, crews will be forced to periodically close the ramps onto I-240 eastbound from Poplar.

Photo courtesy Flickr user Raymond Brown.

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Sanga closed to through traffic

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, July 15th, 2011, 10:43am

Road work is going to make driving difficult for some Cordova residents.

“Sanga Road just north of Walnut Grove Road has been totally closed to through traffic to allow for emergency drainage repairs,” said a city official in a written statement. “The closure is expected to last for at least two days. The earliest the roadway is expected to be opened up to through traffic is sometime on Sunday morning.”

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Megabus starts new route from Memphis

Submitted by Michael Phillips

Thursday, July 14th, 2011, 12:37am

The Megabus has a new route out of Memphis -- and it will only cost passengers one dollar!

Starting Wednesday, August 17, the Megabus will run a route from Memphis to St. Louis.

The starting price is just one dollar.

The route will be offered daily.

Megabus will also increase the number of trips between Memphis and Chicago to three daily.

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Germantown Rd. construction expected to cause problems

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, July 7th, 2011, 5:35pm

Interstate 240 is going to give drivers a headache this weekend and now there’s another road that’s going to cause problems too.

Germantown Rd. from Woodchase Dr. to the bridge that crosses I-40 will be repaved starting Friday, July 8 at 8 p.m. Two lanes northbound and southbound will be closed until Monday, July 11 at 6 a.m.

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I-240 construction likely to cause delays

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011, 2:03pm

Drivers should go ahead and plan for delays on Interstate 240 this weekend.

Workers will begin repaving the eastbound lanes of I-240 between Bill Morris Pkwy. and Walnut Grove Rd. at 6 p.m. on Friday. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says crews will work non-stop until Monday, July 11 at 6 a.m.

Photo courtesy Flickr user Raymond Brown.

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Driving electric in Tennessee

Submitted by Lyle Bontrager on Tuesday, July 5th, 8:00 am

Tennessee is one of a handful of states taking part in a project to build charging stations for electric vehicles.

In Tennessee, the project is focused on the cities of Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis and Chattanooga. The project plans to deploy approximately 2,500 residential, commercial, and Blink DC fast charging stations in Tennessee, providing close to 425 miles of connected EV infrastructure. The layout of the charging infrastructure is designed to encourage consumer adoption of electric and provide transportation corridors between them to allow the electric vehicle to travel beyond its charge radius.

Click here for more information on ECOtality’s electric vehicle project.

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Highway patrol starting drunk driving crackdown

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, June 30th, 2011, 1:51pm

Highway patrol starting drunk driving crackdown

The Tennessee Highway Patrol wants you to have fun this July 4th, but the THP is warning people to lay off the drinks if they’re going to get behind the wheel.

Highway patrol officers will be out in force over the holiday weekend and they’re promising to crackdown down on drunk drivers.

“We are committed to reducing the number of fatal wrecks and serious injury crashes across the state,” said Bill Gibbons, Department of Safety and Homeland Security commissioner. “This task is particularly important during the holidays. The Fourth of July is considered one of the deadliest holidays of the year in terms of alcohol-impaired traffic fatalities. Our job is to see that citizens are safe on Tennessee roadways this weekend.”

In 2010, 19 people died on the state’s roads. Statistics show that 40 percent of American drivers involved in deadly Independence Day crashes had blood alcohol levels above the legal limit.

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