Blurb from an article [1] in today's News-Sentinel:

Nicely in May 2006 commissioned a study by the engineering firm Wilbur Smith Associates to look at the feasibility of charging tolls on three potential routes. The study cost $453,000, said Julie Oaks, spokeswoman for TDOT.

Someone help me understand this. TDOT didn't spend $453,000 to determine if it's possible to charge tolls on roads in Tennessee, did it?