NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ‘ There would be no limit on how many toll roads or bridges could be built in Tennessee under a proposal being considered in the General Assembly. House Transportation Chairman Phillip Pinion, a Union City Democrat, says the measure is necessary to jump-start infrastructure projects amid dwindling federal resources. Tennessee transportation officials were notified last week that they will need to subtract another $66 million from promised federal money for road work. The federal government has cut a total of nearly a quarter-billion dollars from Tennessee’s expected road money since 2005. Pinion had the measure scheduled for a floor vote in the House on Monday evening, but says he will now delay the bill until the Senate version clears committee.
