Road debris costs Tennesseans dollars and sometimes lives
SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) — Road debris is a big problem in Middle Tennessee. According to TDOT, in Davidson County alone, crews bring back one ton...
SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) — Road debris is a big problem in Middle Tennessee. According to TDOT, in Davidson County alone, crews bring back one ton of litter and road debris every shift, on average. According to Rebekah Hammonds of TDOT, as of October 2022, it costs Tennessee $9,537,525.00 for contracted litter pickup on Interstate & State Highways. Hammonds says that's a 14% increase from July 2020 to October 2022. Sometimes, the cost of road debris can be much more serious. In Spring Hill this week, a random couch in the fast lane of Saturn Parkway almost took a man's life.