Lane Construction Corp. crews, which completed a $56.5-million widening of Interstate 40 near Mt. Juliet, Tenn., in 2014, are back at the site, repairing the highway and adding drainage after repeated hydroplane-related wrecks.
Alerted by local police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol of the increase in wrecks, the Tennessee Dept. of Transportation reviewed the plans and construction of the design-build job and found the "design does not have enough drainage structures and the roadway was built too flat to direct stormwater runoff," says Heather Jensen, TDOT spokeswoman.