12/12/07, The News Observer
DOT unfazed by I-40 repairs
"The state Department of Transportation says it felt no pain when it was forced by the General Assembly to absorb $22.4 million in repair costs for a bungled paving job on Interstate 40 in Durham County. DOT officials could not put their finger Tuesday on any projects that were delayed, jobs that were eliminated or services that were curtailed because of the punitive budget reduction." Read more...

11/29/07, The State
Nuke waste shipments opposed
'Two state senators want to block shipments of Italian nuclear waste through South Carolina — and they’ve asked congressional leaders for help. Democratic Sens. Joel Lourie of Columbia and Vincent Sheheen of Camden wrote the state’s congressional delegation Wednesday, saying they are concerned about “this unpredictable and potentially dangerous plan.’’ “The more people find out about this, the more they are going to become outraged,’’ Lourie said. Their letter asked South Carolina congressional members to join them in opposition to the proposal by Energy Solutions of Utah. Energy Solutions, which operates low-level atomic waste landfills in Utah and South Carolina, wants to bring in up to 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy for disposal or recycling. The company says it has no plans to dispose of the material in Barnwell County, only in Utah or at an incinerator in Tennessee. Any material that is not suitable for disposal or recycling would be shipped back to Italy, records show.' Read more...

11/29/07,Chattanooga Times Free Press
Momentum gains on Chattanooga-Asheville road
"Widening Corridor K has been debated since it first was listed as an economic development corridor by the Appalachian Regional Commission in 1965. Proponents of the road say it would bring economic prosperity to a historically poor region. Environmentalists say a road would damage the environment, destroy artifacts and cost billions of dollars better spent elsewhere." Read more...

11/23/07, Aiken Standard
EnergySolutions wants to bring nuclear waste through S.C., La.
"A company that disposes of radioactive nuclear waste by burying it wants to ship 20,000 tons of the material from overseas through ports in Charleston and New Orleans, raising fears because of the large amount. EnergySolutions Inc. wants to ship about 200,000 cubic feet of waste into the United States, process it in Tennessee before burying it at a site in Clive, Utah, where the company is based." Read more...

11/18/07, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Corridor K study coming to an end
"An economic study showing the impact of a Chattanooga-to-Asheville, N.C. highway on a 23-county area will be completed by mid-December, officials said. Ed Cole, chief of environment and planning for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, said U.S. Highway 64, or Corridor K, could be part of a three-year work plan handed to the Tennessee General Assembly in May." Read more...