Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR)
Harry A. Green, Executive Director

The Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory

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, eight 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 2009 through June 2014 = $37.6 billion
Rankings by Major Category:

	Transportation & Utilities	$19.5 billion
	Education	$7.7 billion
	Health, Safety & Welfare	$6.9 billion
	Recreation & Culture	$1.8 billion
	Economic Development	$1.1 billion
	General Government	$473 million

Infrastructure Reports

All portions of the reports listed below are available in PDF format unless otherwise indicated.

June 2011 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
Summary Inventory Data by County
Summary Public School Data by School System
July 2010 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
September 2009 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
September 2007 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
October 2005 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
March 2004 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
March 2002 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs
February 2001 - Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: A Survey of Public Infrastructure Needs