Title 54, Highways, Bridges And Ferries

(a) A county or municipality, by resolution of its legislative body, may request the department of transportation conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state highway, including a state highway that is part o…

(1) The commissioner is authorized and empowered to enter into a contract or contracts with the University of Tennessee regarding:(1) The development and testing of new materials to be used in constructing and maintaining roads, bridges and highways;(2) The development of more ec…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Design-build contract” means:(A) An agreement that provides for the design and construction of a project under a single contract, which may include, but is not limited to, design, right-of-way acquisition, regulatory permit review and approvals, o…

(a) As used in this section, “disadvantaged business concern or enterprise” includes, but is not limited to, a business concern or enterprise that is solely owned, or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the assets or outstanding stock of which is owned, by an individual who perso…

(a) The department of transportation is responsible for the maintenance of only those public roads, streets, highways or bridges and similar structures that are designated by the department as being on the state system of highways or the state system of interstate highways. (b) T…

The commissioner of transportation has the authority to approve, for economic development purposes, installation of a natural gas line via bridge attachment.

(a) For purposes of this section, “borrow material” or “borrow excavation” is as defined in the Tennessee department of transportation, bureau of highways, standard specifications for road and bridge construction, March 1981, as amended. (b) (1) No local or regional zoning and pl…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, it is the duty of the department of transportation to erect and maintain informational signs at sites and facilities that serve the educational, historical and cultural interests of the citizens of the state, including the erection and…

In order to promote engineering and design quality and to ensure the maximum benefits of competition by professional engineering and design service firms, the commissioner of transportation is authorized to establish cost principles to be used to determine the reasonableness and …

(a) The department of transportation shall develop and maintain a web page on the world wide web of the internet. The web page shall include:(1) Construction locations on all interstate highways maintained by the department; and(2) A map, updated weekly, of construction locations…

The commissioner is authorized to seek criminal history background checks pursuant to § 38-6-109 for applicants for the job classes of highway response operator 1 and 2 and highway response supervisor 1 and 2. The commissioner is further authorized to require the applicants to pr…

(a) The department, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, shall fund from resources in the highway fund the cost of signage and marking of an interstate, United States highway, or state highway designated as a memorial highway or memorial bridge for any of the followi…

(a) (1) As used in this subsection (a), “state highway structure” includes any state highway facility; building; bridge; overpass; tunnel; barricade; fence; wall; traffic control device; right-of-way; sign or marker of any nature whatsoever erected upon or maintained within or ad…

(a) In the event of a transportation system failure, an imminent threat of a failure, or other emergency that the commissioner reasonably believes would present a hazard to the traveling public or a significant delay in transportation, then the commissioner has the authority to e…

(a) The department of transportation is authorized to undertake public-private partnerships with transportation fuel providers, including, but not limited to, farmer co-ops, to install a network of refueling facilities, including storage tanks and fuel pumps, dedicated to dispens…

No contract shall be let to or made with any person in which any officer of the department of transportation is interested, directly or indirectly, or with whom any officer of the department is knowingly related, either by blood or marriage within the fourth degree, computing by …

(1) It is a Class E felony for any officer of the department to enter knowingly into any contract under this chapter and chapters 2, 4, and 5 of this title with:(1) Any person related to the officer or to any other officer of the department within the fourth degree;(2) Any corpor…

It is also a Class E felony for any officer of the department, or for any person in the employ of the officer, to commit any fraudulent act whatever with respect to the expenditure of the funds mentioned in this chapter and chapters 2, 4, and 5 of this title, among the counties e…

(a) It is unlawful for any employee of the department of transportation to encourage in any manner the purchase of any particular material or product or to assist in the initiation of requisitions for any materials or products to be purchased by any department of this state when …

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Transportation Reporting Act of 2001.”

(a) Beginning June 30, 2001, and every quarter thereafter, the department of transportation shall generate a report to be submitted to the general assembly and the state building commission on the status of all highway and road projects approved by the general assembly as part of…

In recognition of the exorbitant societal costs associated with littering and in the interest of a cleaner, more beautiful Tennessee, the department of transportation is authorized to establish a litter prevention and control program.

The litter prevention and control program may include as one (1) of its components a process by which citizens can report directly to the department of transportation instances of persons littering from motor vehicles onto the state's roads and highways, whether the offenders are…

(a) When reporting litterers to the department of transportation, whether via the internet, e-mail or telephone, citizens shall provide the following information, at a minimum:(1) The offender's motor vehicle registration number, Tennessee plates only;(2) The make and model of th…

Upon receipt of the information required by § 54-1-403, the department of transportation may verify the reported motor vehicle registration number through the department of safety. Upon completing verification, if possible, the department of transportation may mail a letter to th…

This part shall not be construed to be an appropriation of funds and no funds shall be obligated or expended pursuant to this part, unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the general appropriations act.

The commissioner of transportation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of §§ 54-1-401 — 54-1-404. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(a) In order to facilitate the prevention and collection of litter and trash in this state, the department of transportation may allocate a portion of the funds generated by chapter 903 of the Public Acts of 2022, §§ 1 and 2 to be used for roadway, waterway, and shoreline litter …

(a) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, the department is authorized to use the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) method and progressive design-build (PDB) method as delivery methods for procuring transportation project services. (b) The department shall se…

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Authorized contingency” means the contingency prepared and submitted by the CM/GC as part of the GMP, which is designed to cover costs that may result from incomplete design, unforeseen and unpredictable conditions, or uncertainties within the define…

(a) Prior to executing a contract under this part, the commissioner shall send written notice to the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives. (b) If a proposed CM/GC or PDB contra…

(a) If the commissioner determines that the CM/GC or PDB method of procurement is appropriate for a project, the commissioner shall establish a multi-phase process as described in subdivisions (b)(1)-(4) to select the CM/GC or PDB that is the most responsive and responsible propo…

(a) A proposer who participated in the CM/GC or PDB RFP process may protest the award of a CM/GC or PDB contract to the commissioner. The protest shall be submitted in writing within seven (7) calendar days after the proposer knows or should have known of the facts giving rise to…

After the protest period has expired, and the contract for pre-construction services has been awarded, the department's procurement files shall be subject to public inspection pursuant to § 10-7-504(a)(7), and the department shall, upon request after the pre-construction services…

The department may establish agency policies and/or promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, in furtherance of this part.

(1) As used in this part, “alternative delivery contracts” means:(1) Design-build contracts, as defined in § 54-1-119(a)(1);(2) Contracts using the construction manager/general contractor method, as defined in § 54-1-502; and(3) Contracts using the progressive design-build method…

(a) The department shall not procure more than twenty-eight (28) alternative delivery contracts per fiscal year. (b) Subsection (a) only applies to projects funded by the state highway fund and does not apply to projects funded by the transportation modernization fund, discretion…