letter to the editor
I am concerned and confused with Town of Farragut’s Board of Mayor and Alderman’s sense of urgency and lack of significant public outreach regarding the large plot of land off McFee that recently became available when Knox County pulled out of their purchase of the same property.
My understanding is much of the land is outside of the TOF borders in Loudon County. Why is TOF BOMA so intent on spending approximately five million more dollars on a park/ballfields on the edge of Town that will be more convenient for Loudon County residents than many TOF residents?
Why does TOF BOMA have a fever to spend $50k on a recent survey to learn nothing about the TOF Strategic Plan, and yet where SPO would be useful they sneak around in the shadows as if there is something to hide?
Why is TOF spending a significant amount of money for an amorphous future when we have severe traffic problems now, especially near Biddle Farm and the schools?
Another consideration is the plans for Prosperity Park off Watt Road that will include ballfields. That will definitely be used for the community at large and won’t cost TOF a penny.
It seems to me it would be more prudent to invest in the future I-40/Campbell Station exchange (it is more concrete, pun intended), the expansion of Kingston Pike/Campbell Station interchange without 10-foot lanes or the often- and over-promised ATMS that will benefit most TOF residents than to pursue the purchase of this land.
Adam Atherton, Farragut
