Then Tennessee Department of Transportation’s three-day bus tour kicked off in DeKalb County Monday.
Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer, State Senator Mae Beavers, State Representatives Terri Lynn Weaver and Mark Pody, TDOT officials and representatives of Massman Construction participated in the three-day TDOT Projects Tour for Region 2 with a luncheon at the county complex and a bus trip to the site of the new Sligo bridge construction.
“It's a massive project and very complicated,” Schroer told the media. “Deep water bridge work is very hard, but we've got a good tour of what they're doing and how they are doing it. Not being an engineer myself, this is a great educational time for me and some of the other people here to see what is going on. It's a fun way for us to get out and meet people and see what is happening out in the communities.”
Director of Operations for TDOT Region 2 Ken Flynn said the project is slightly ahead of schedule.
"The project is going real well. Right now we're slightly ahead of schedule. We've got all of our drill shafts into the lake completed and we're starting to go up with the rest of our sub-structure. It's a great milestone to get the in-water work complete. The next big challenge is how we're going to set our steel so high up in the air,” Flynn said.