{"id":22542,"date":"2022-06-25T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T13:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22542"},"modified":"2022-06-25T13:17:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T13:17:07","slug":"tdot-completes-tennessee-aviation-system-plan-tasp-airport-system-has-1-5-billion-in-statewide-project-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/tennessee\/tdot-completes-tennessee-aviation-system-plan-tasp-airport-system-has-1-5-billion-in-statewide-project-needs\/%20","title":{"rendered":"TDOT Completes Tennessee Aviation System Plan (TASP), Airport System has $1.5 Billion in Statewide Project Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has completed\nits two-year-long Tennessee Aviation System Plan (TASP), finding $1.5 billion\nof project needs at Tennessee\u2019s 78 public-use airports. These projects are\nneeded to maintain current service level, reach a good state of repair, and for\nexpansion to meet future demands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/TASP_Deliverables-edit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22543\" width=\"208\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TASP_Deliverables-edit.png 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TASP_Deliverables-edit-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The TASP used data collected for the calendar year 2019 and\nis, therefore, an accurate representation of the typical performance and needs\nof Tennessee\u2019s airports during a non-pandemic world. It found aviation in\nTennessee contributes $40 billion to the state\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study established a series of goals and performance\nmeasures that helped identify the current and future system performance of all\n78 public-use airports. In turn, cost estimates for projects necessary to meet\ncurrent and future needs were developed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0$1.5 billion of project needs for the airport system over the next 20 years <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0$1.1 billion (76%) needed for deferred maintenance projects to maintain the existing airport system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0$347 million (24%) required for expansion projects to meet future demands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInvesting in Tennessee\u2019s aviation system is critical to\nensure that our airports continue to meet the needs of residents and visitors\nto the state for years to come while also making a significant impact to the\nstate\u2019s economy\u201d said TDOT Aeronautics Division Director, Jay Norris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View the Executive Summary, including the goals and\nperformances measures used to determine the needs of the airports, at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasp2040.com\/tennessee-aviation-system-plan\/\">https:\/\/www.tasp2040.com\/tennessee-aviation-system-plan\/<\/a>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has completed its two-year-long Tennessee Aviation System Plan (TASP), finding $1.5 billion of project needs at Tennessee\u2019s 78 public-use airports. These projects are needed to maintain current service level, reach a good state of repair, and for expansion to meet future demands. The TASP used data collected for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennessee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22544,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22542\/revisions\/22544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}