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Senator Ken Yager working on legislation to explore passenger railroad service across the state. Yager said Senate Bill 2343 would require the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) perform a study and make recommendations and the feasibility of a railway. “It would provide a way to ship goods and maybe get some of the traffic off the interstate which ... Read More »

Representative Ryan Williams is collaborating with Senator Paul Bailey on a new right-of-way bill Williams said that they are exploring legislation that would have local planning and zoning departments do Nollan-Dolan testing on right-of-ways. He said that it helps cities and counties understand how much of right-of-way is necessary and whether it should be at the local government’s expense. “Developers ... Read More »