Greenways and streets to get some city attention

By Mike Steely

Senior Writer

steelym@knoxfocus.com

The Knoxville City Council meets Tuesday evening, and improvements to greenways, streetscapes and city streets will get some discussion.

Among those items is a $2.5 million contract with Stansell Electric Company, Inc., for the Middlebrook Pike Advanced Traffic Management System Project.

The Pleasant Ridge Road Phase II Project may also get $17.6 million in a contract with Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc. The council will also consider upping the First Creek Greenway – Broadway Streetscape Project by adding $6.2 million, bringing the total allocated for the project to $1,245,019.

Geosyntec Consultants Inc. may be contracted in a $357,716 agreement to provide engineering services for the Loves Creek Hydrology Study – Phase II.

The Pleasant Ridge Road Phase II Project may see a $1.2 million contract with Johnson Mirmiran & Thompson for engineering and inspection services.

Also on the agenda are two items dealing with special event flagging and traffic control, one for Superior Traffic Control LLC and one with AWP Inc.

Several zoning requests are also on the agenda, including a request to change 4423 Ball Camp Pike from RN-1, single-family, to RN-3, general residential.

The council is being asked to remove a previously approved zoning for 2727 Tecoma Drive, change the zoning at Zero Keck Road from agricultural to single-family residential, and change the zoning at 3309 Boyds Bridge Pike from low-density residential to medium-density density.

Mayor Indya Kincannon will appoint Markus Chady to the Airport Authority, and Councilwoman Gwen McKenzie will appoint Craig Pickett Jr. and Shante Southwood to the African American Equity Restoration Task Force.

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