The US freight moving infrastructure is moving on smoke and badly in need of a classy renovation said in a report by transportation officers. At events in Iowa, Pennsylvania and Memphis, state transportation leaders lamented a chronic lack of investment in roads and other amenities and planned $10 billion a year.

Freight unlocking is called for 60,000 miles of new track in federal highway system, including 14,000 miles in the NAFTA passage that runs through Memphis as Interstate 69. The report said interstate highway capacity increased 15% between 1980 and 2006, but traffic was up 150% said in a report by The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials or AASHTO.

The national freight program is suggested to plan and organize solutions across state and regional lines as well as investment in roads linking highways to intermodal amenities such as railroad yards, sea and river ports and airports. The key to all of this is being able to connect the roads, rail, river and runway said Dexter Muller, senior vice president of community development at the chamber.

Transportation commissioners Gerald Nicely of Tennessee and Dan Flowers of Arkansas spoke in Memphis. The Mississippi equal Larry Butch Brown the organizations national president announced the report that truck traffic on America roads is expected to double in 40 years. Tennessee and Arkansas see the impact every day. Almost a third of the nations hectic 1,000 freight miles are in 2 states mostly on Interstate 40. Memphis is a main example of national freight policy said in a report by Nicely.

The trucks account for 60% of traffic on I-40 between Memphis and Little Rock. If you travel at night, that percentage of trucks is even higher said in a report by Flowers, director of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Our highway system is suffering under the weight of heavy usage which is the backbone of freight system.