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| A raised intersection like this one in an historic neighborhood in Athens, GA, is part of the traffic calming plan for Old North Knoxville.
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It h as been over a year in the
planning stages. After public meetings and planning sessions, looking at options and working with neighbors, the city traffic engineering department, and the
East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC), we have now entered the balloting stage of the traffic calming road map.
Ballots will be mailed out at the end of March. (Note from webmaster: this was
postponed since this article was written; see footnote below.) Old North Knoxville (ONK) asks that you fill out and return the ballots by May 25th. On June 1st, the ballots will be counted. ONK needs at least 50% of the ballots back and a 2/3rds "Yes" vote for the plan to pass. ONK will have spent over $2,000 by the time the ballots are counted. The plan calls for four traffic circles (see photo on page 6), a few traffic humps, and one raised intersection. ONK already faces and speeding and cut through traffic problem. Approximately 2,500 car trips a day are made down Glenwood. The same is true for Grainger Ave. Unfortunately, the city doesn't keep statistics on any other streets in ONK, but with I-40 being closed for over a year sometime in 2008, and with the possibility of there being a new north/south interchange added to Broadway near Kenyon Ave. and Rose Mortuary, it is important that we act now. The neighborhood of Westwood has had a neighborhood approved plan for almost 4 years, and it has yet to receive the city funds needed to carry out that plan. That is why ONK is asking you to look at ballot, read it, vote, and return it in the provided envelope. If you should have any questions, please attend the next neighborhood meeting on March 25th at 7 p.m. at the 4th Presbyterian Church.
* Note from webmaster. This process has since been placed on hold
while Knoxville City Council evaluates traffic calming policy. See update here.
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