NASHVILLE (AP) - The Tennessee Department of Transportation will have to do without about $52 million in additional federal funds.
Commissioner John Schroer said Friday that the money will be rescinded from the department's federal allocation of funds for fiscal year 2011.
A rescission of funds means that federal dollars promised to Tennessee have been canceled.
Schroer said 50% of the department's budget comes from the federal government, so the department's resources will be significantly impacted.
But he said he doesn't intend to "make cuts anywhere that would delay the delivery of projects that are ready to go."
The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, contains a $2.5 billion rescission of unobligated balances of funds apportioned to the states, of which Tennessee's share is $51.9 million.
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