The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority has elected Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky as its chairman for 2019.
Gov. Bevin has been involved and supported the Tenn-Tom Waterway and the inland waterway system during his time in office and has worked with new and existing industry along the inland waterway system such as the re-opening of the Verso Paper Mill in Ballard County, Kentucky by Global Win Wycliffe, and expansion at Wacker Chemical Corporation in Calvert City, Kentucky.
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority is a four-state interstate compact comprised of the States of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, and ratified by the U.S. Congress in 1958 to promote the development of the Tenn-Tom Waterway and its economic and trade potential. Members include the four governors of each member state and five appointees by each governor for a total of 24 members. Chairmanship rotates annually among the four governors.
The waterway compact will also be led in 2019 by the Honorable Kenny Imes, of Murray, Kentucky as its vice-chairman, and Mr. T.L. “Bud” Phillips of Columbus, who was reelected as its treasurer. Judge Imes is the Judge Executive for Calloway County, Kentucky and has been a member of the waterway compact since 2017. Mr. Phillips, a businessman, is the longest serving member of the authority, having first been appointed in 1988.
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