letter to the editor
T-Creek greenway extension: respect property rights
March 15, 2025, to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Farragut:
This is an open letter to each of you and to the residents of Farragut regarding the recent vote to cut the Turkey Creek Multimodal Improvement project from the Town budget.
I support this project being removed from the budget. As currently defined, it is simply too expensive, injurious to real property and property rights of multiple Farragut property owners and would include undefined legal expenses to prevail on the Town’s claim of eminent domain.
Extending the greenway along this section of Turkey Creek Road is not the right choice. I live in Brixworth subdivision and use the Turkey Creek trail regularly, including the section that ends at the western end of Brixworth.
I’ve often wondered why this trail ends where it does, and why it was not extended all the way through Brixworth as part of the original platting and construction of this subdivision. The general direction of the trail could easily be directed to the upper portion of the hill rather than down towards street level; why was that not done as part of the original Brixworth platting? Why is that not an option now?
Information as to how and why it ends where it does may help me and many others understand the alternatives available to us now, over 20 years after construction.
Further, I must take note of a trail stub that was constructed in Sheffield off of Lakehurst Lane near the HOA clubhouse. The placement and general direction of this trail stub appears that it could have been intended to connect with the Turkey Creek trail via a route behind the homes along Turkey Creek. What was the Town of Farragut Strategic Plan for this trail when Sheffield was constructed?
As above for the Brixworth section of the trail, information regarding how and why this trail stub was constructed, and future plans for connectivity, would help in understanding options available to us today.
