State awards $10.7M for Nashville multimodal improvements

Nashville’s WeGo Public Transit and the Regional Transit Authority of Middle Tennessee are set to receive $10.7 million in grant funding from the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

According to a TDOT release, the department has awarded more than $46 million across the state for multimodal transportation investments from three grant programs: the Transportation Alternatives Program, the IMPROVE Transit Investment Grant and the Multimodal Access Grant. RTA and WeGo were awarded funding for four projects from the IMPROVE grant, which requires a commitment of local funds. Metro plans to contribute nearly $2.7 million in funding for the four projects, according to WeGo spokesperson Eric Melcher.