Letter from 2nd Grader Prompts TDOT to Replace Trees

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Transportation will join Hannah Grace Henderson and her 2^nd Grade class at Austin Peay Elementary School in Tipton County to plant trees in celebration of Earth and Arbor Days. 

 

Hannah Grace wrote a letter to TDOT last fall, expressing concern about the trees that had been cleared as part of a construction project on State Route 14 near her school. (See attached letter.) Since then, TDOT has worked with Hannah and Austin Peay Elementary on a plan to replace several of the trees.

 

The event will take place in front of the elementary school and will last approximately one hour.

 

 

 

                        10:00 a.m.

 

                        Covington, TN

 

For more information on TDOT construction project activity, visit www.tn.gov/tdot/tdotsmartway or dial 5-1-1 from any land line or cell phone. Travelers can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TN511 for statewide travel information or www.twitter.com/Memphis511 for traffic information in the Memphis area. Also, for smart phone users, TDOT has a new mobile site that provides simple and easy access to TDOT's SmartWay cameras, message boards, accident information, and construction information.  Go to:   http://m.tdot.tn.gov/SmartWay/

 

Motorists are reminded to use all motorist information tools responsibly. Drivers should refrain from texting, tweeting or using a mobile phone while operating a vehicle. TDOT advises drivers to "Know before you go!" by checking traffic conditions before leaving for their destination.

 

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For More Information Contact:

Nichole Lawrence

Region 4 Community Relations Officer

731.935.0318