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Chamber Chatts: How Choice Lanes and Transportation Plans Impact Chattanooga

Chamber Chatt is a video series offering community members the chance to hear from elected officials and those in public service.

This month’s Chamber Chatt was recorded live inside the Chattanooga Chamber’s Connection Conference Center, Powered by EPB.

Sharon Law, Business Development Manager, Thompson Engineering and Public Policy Board Chair interviewed Butch Eley, Deputy Governor and Commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).

He joined Chamber Chatt to discuss Governor Bill Lee’s Transportation Modernization Act and future choice lanes in Tennessee.  

Watch Chamber Chatts with Commissioner Eley below.

Watch a previous Chamber Chatt with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, here.

Learn more about the Transportation Modernization Act through TDOT’s website, here.

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