A surge in hydroplane-related wrecks on a recently widened stretch of Interstate 40 has prompted Tennessee Dept. of Transportation officials to meet with representatives of Lane Construction Corp., the design-build contractor, to find a solution.
TDOT started looking at the area near mile marker 226 in Wilson County after local law-enforcement agencies reported an increase in wrecks, especially during wet weather. That segment is part of a $56.5-million design-build widening of I-40 from west of mile marker 226, near state Route 171, to mile marker 232, east of state Route 109.