Road width part of March 13 workshop; fight South Ward roads increase to 11’
This Thursday, March 13, there is a workshop before the 6 p.m. Mayor and Aldermen meeting at the Farragut Community Center. The workshop starts at 5:15 p.m. and is not recorded, so you have to attend in person. The workshop is for the Equipment Fund, Capital Investment Program and other funds.
Of particular interest is a new direction of the width of roads in Farragut pertaining to speeding and traffic safety. In the Citizen Forum in the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission Feb. 20 (meeting), the vice chair of the Planning Commission, Louise Povlin, stated that for safety at the new elementary school on Boring Road, traffic lanes should not be more than 10-feet wide to prevent speeding and enhance safety: https://www.youtube.com/live/1E9b_uPaUtA?si=syzKpmxhzVVjcUQt&t=7307
In the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that will be discussed this Thursday, three roads in the South Ward of Farragut currently have 10-foot lanes. But these three roads, Turkey Creek Road, Virtue Road and Evans Roads, are all in the CIP to be widened to 11 feet.
The people of these three roads have been to multiple Farragut Planning Commission and Mayor and Aldermen meeting pleading to not have their roads widened because speeding is so bad now. And they do not want it to get worse.
The widening of these three roads should be removed from the CIP. In the last Mayor and Aldermen meeting, the Turkey Creek Greenway and Sonja Drive road projects were removed from the Town’s Strategic Plan.
The residents of the South Ward want the same safety rights as the residents of the North Ward, where the new school will be built. Residents of the South Ward are encouraged to attend the workshop this Thursday and to contact the Mayor and Aldermen to discuss the matter.
Mike Mitchell, Farragut
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