Dickson County Highway Department

Dickson County Highway Department Highway Division, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Charlotte, Tennessee, receives federal grants as a prime recipient for roadway safety planning, streambank stabilization, and transportation infrastructure projects, operating exclusively through grant mechanisms rather than federal contracts.

The Highway Department's federal footprint consists of three grants awarded over the past twenty months, all in the transportation and natural resources conservation domains. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded two Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program grants totaling $546,978 — a $140,000 Project Grant awarded January 13, 2025, for comprehensive safety action planning and roadway fatality prevention work with ultimate completion January 13, 2027, and a $406,978 grant awarded August 13, 2026, to develop and implement the Dickson County Supplemental and Demonstration Action Plan through August 13, 2029. The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $101,499 Cooperative Agreement under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923) on December 31, 2025, for streambank stabilization work across three sites in Dickson County in response to natural disaster damage, with performance completion scheduled for October 5, 2026.

The Highway Department serves two federal customer agencies. FHWA dominates the recent footprint with two awards and $546,978 in combined obligated value; NRCS contributes one award of $101,499. Combined obligated dollars across all three awards total $648,000. Activity remains sparse — two awards in 2025, one in 2026 — with a single award (the NRCS cooperative agreement valued at $101,499) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The Highway Department does not appear in the federal contracting market; all activity is grant-based, with the Highway Department functioning as the project sponsor responsible for local cost-share and work installation under the NRCS cooperative agreement structure.