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TDOT Resists Borrowing for Bridges … and Other Project Finance Options

By Matthew DeVries on February 2, 2011
Posted in Federal Construction, Transportation

As I drove into work this morning, Nashville Public Radio had a piece this morning about TDOT’s resistance to borrow for bridge construction.  In case you did not know, TDOT employs a pay-as-you go method, which means the state will not borrow for new projects even when it has the opportunity.

Last year, the…

Recovery.com versus Recovery.gov: Tracking Public Construction Projects

By Matthew DeVries on September 24, 2009
Posted in Federal Construction

I was listening to Nashville Public Radio yesterday morning about a new competition brewing on the Internet.  This battle was not as fierce as the one to become the greenest state in the South.  It was more like a friendly exchange of "we’re not in competition with each other because we offer similar, but different…

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