Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Building Tennessee's Tomorrow

The Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory

A Project of the . . .

Tennessee Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations

Adequate infrastructure is as essential to economic growth as economic growth is to individual prosperity. Recognizing this, the Tennessee General Assembly charged the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) with developing and maintaining an inventory of public infrastructure needs "in order for the state, municipal and county governments of Tennessee to develop goals, strategies and programs which would

improve the quality of life of its citizens,
support livable communities, and
enhance and encourage the overall economic development of the state.

[Public Chapter 817, Acts of 1996.]

This project is the result of that charge. To date, six reports have been released presenting information from the inventory. Each report summarizes key information from the inventory and summarizes estimated costs of needs reported by local officials, statewide by type of need, by current stage of development, and by type of governmental entity responsible for the need.

Highlights from the Current Inventory:

Grand Total Reported Needs for July 2004 through June 2009 = $28.3 billion

Rankings by Major Category:

	Transportation & Utilities	$14.6 billion
	Education	$5.7 billion
	Health, Safety & Welfare	$5.2 billion
	Recreation & Culture	$1.8 billion
	Economic Development	$669 million
	General Government	$426 million

Reports Available on the TACIR web site:

All portions of the reports listed below are available in PDF format

unless otherwise indicated.

September 2007 - Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State’s Infrastructure Needs

Press Release (34 KB)
Transmittal Letter (74 KB)
Acknowledgements (63 KB)
Table of Contents (49 KB)
Executive Summary (85 KB)
Overview (134 KB)
Introduction (90 KB)
Reported Infrastructure Needs Statewide (155 KB)
Funding the State's Infrastructure Needs (129 KB)
Reported Public School Facility Conditions and Needs (151 KB)
Reported Infrastructure Needs by County (135 KB)
Appendices:
A.	Enabling Legislation (1,287 KB)
B.	Project History (65 KB)
C.	Inventory Forms (144 KB)
D.	Reported Public Infrastructure Needs by County (337 KB) Revised 2/1/08
E.	Reported School System Infrastructure Needs by School System (191 KB) Revised 2/1/08
F.	TACIR Methodology for Estimated Costs of New Schools Attributable to the Education Improvement Act (71 KB)
Glossary of Terms (89 KB)
Tennessee Development District Map (72 KB)
Download Full Report (2.1 MB)

October 2005 - Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State’s Infrastructure Needs

Press Release (23 KB)
Transmittal Letter (63 KB)
Acknowledgements (96 KB)
Table of Contents (44 KB)
Executive Summary (83 KB)
Overview (128 KB)
Introduction (100 KB)
Reported Infrastructure Needs Statewide (155 KB)
Funding the State's Infrastructure Needs (127 KB)
Reported Public School Facility Conditions and Needs (128 KB)
Reported Infrastructure Needs by County (154 KB)
Appendices:
A.	Enabling Legislation (873 KB)
B.	Project History (43 KB)
C.	Inventory Forms (131 KB)
D.	Reported Public Infrastructure Needs by County (371 KB)
E.	Reported School System Infrastructure Needs by School System (195 KB)
F.	TACIR Methodology for Estimated Costs of New Schools Attributable to the Education Improvement Act (65 KB)
Glossary of Terms (70 KB)
Tennessee Development District Map (71 KB)
Download Full Report (2.4 MB)