A look at House plan to send $55M to counties for roads
The state House on Friday voted to allocate $55 million to the state’s 95 counties for road projects as part of the annual state budget bill. Here is a breakdown of how much each county in West Tennessee would receive under the proposal:
Benton: $456,551; $28.51 per capita
Carroll: $550,730; $19.60 per capita
Chester: $422,896; $24.23 per capita
Crockett: $409,330; $28.40 per capita
Decatur: $426,027; $36.20 per capita
Dyer: $542,121; $14.38 per capita
Fayette: $607,343; $15.34 per capita
Gibson: $599,777; $12.14 per capita
Hardeman: $571,080; $22.45 per capita
Hardin: $538,991; $20.99 per capita
Haywood: $507,684; $28.44 per capita
Henderson: $522,816; $18.79 per capita
Henry: $546,556; $16.92 per capita
Lake: $360,805; $47.73 per capita
Lauderdale: $506,641; $18.92 per capita
Madison: $687,174; $26.50 per capita
McNairy: $532,468; $5.92 per capita
Obion: $540,034; $17.66 per capita
Shelby: $2.6 million; $2.73 per capita
Tipton: $574,210; $9.37 per capita
Weakley: $558,557; $16.67 per capita
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Source: Tennessee Department of Transportation.
