Lee taps leader of Nashville construction firm to run TDOT

The man who was running the busiest construction company in Nashville will run the Tennessee Department of Transportation under Governor-elect Bill Lee.

On Jan. 15, Lee announced that he chose Clay Bright to lead the transportation department. Lee and his Cabinet members will be sworn into office Saturday.

Bright, a Davidson County resident, was most recently regional vice president for Brasfield & Gorrie. Click here to read a Q&A with him from 2017, a year in which Brasfield & Gorrie reeled in…