Mobility Plan 2045 1 Total Comments for 09-617 - Lead Agency - Alcoa (40) Blount County (116) Blount County IDB (1) Clinton (2) Farragut (37) Knox County (81) Knoxville (200) Maryville (46) Multiple (15) Oak Ridge (18) Oak Ridge/Anderson County (1) Regional (9) Sevier County (13) TDOT (45) - Project ID - 09-101 Edgemoor Road (SR-170) (1) 09-101a Edgemoor Road (SR-170) - Phase 1 (2) 09-202 Robert C Jackson Dr Extension Phase I (4) 09-204 Pellissippi Place Access Road Extension (1) 09-209 Ellejoy Road (3) 09-211 Morganton Road Reconstruction - Phase 1 (5) 09-212 Old Knoxville Hwy (SR-33) Reconstruction (5) 09-213 Old Niles Ferry Road Reconstruction (3) 09-214 Sevierville Rd (SR-35/US-411) Widening (4) 09-216 Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) Widening (10) 09-220 Home Avenue Extension (5) 09-221 Burnett Station Road (3) 09-223 Carpenters Grade Rd Reconstruction and Intersection Improvements (2) 09-227 Mentor Road (1) 09-229 Morganton Road Phase II (4) 09-231 Old Knoxville Hwy (SR-33) Reconstruction - Rockford (4) 09-232 Pellissippi Pkwy (SR-162) Extension (63) 09-234 Wildwood Road (7) 09-239 Montvale Rd (SR-336) Widening (6) 09-241 Tuckaleechee Pike Reconstruction (5) 09-242 W Broadway Ave (SR-33/US-411) Improvements (1) 09-243 Wilkinson Pike Widening (2) 09-244 Peppermint Road (5) 09-245 Sevierville Rd (SR-35/US-411) Widening (6) 09-248 Topside Road (SR-333) Improvements (1) 09-249 Montvale Rd (SR-336) Reconstruction (5) 09-250 Sevierville Rd (SR-35/US-411) Reconstruction (11) 09-257 Relocated Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) (6) 09-258 Relocated Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) (4) 09-262 Montvale Rd (SR-336) Widening (7) 09-615 Washington Pike (3) 09-616 Pleasant Ridge Road (1) 09-617 Sevier Avenue South Knoxville Waterfront Roadway Improvements (4) 09-625 Schaad Rd Widening (2) 09-626 Chapman Hwy (SR-71/US-441) Operational and Safety Improvements (15) 09-629 I-40/I-75/Campbell Station Road Interchange (11) 09-630 Virtue Road Reconstruction (3) 09-637 Lovell Rd Widening (SR-131) (2) 09-638 Oak Ridge Hwy (SR-62) (2) 09-643 Emory Rd (SR-131) (4) 09-644 Gov John Sevier Hwy (SR-168) (12) 09-645 Northshore Dr (SR-332) (9) 09-646 Northshore Dr (SR-332) (7) 09-647 Pellissippi Pkwy (SR-162) (5) 09-651 I-40/I-75/Watt Rd Interchange (2) 09-652 I-75 at Emory Rd (SR-131) Interchange (1) 09-653 Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) Widening (10) 09-654 I-75/I-640/I-275 Interchange (2) 09-658 Northshore Drive at Kingston Pike Intersection Improvements (11) 09-668 Kingston Pike (SR-1) Widening (3) 09-669 Everett Road Improvements (2) 09-673 Oak Ridge Hwy (SR-62) (2) 09-680 Northshore Drive (County Road Portion) (4) 09-689 Papermill Drive Complete Street (4) 09-691 I-40/75 Widening (3) 09-692 I-75 Widening (1) 10-700 Campbell Station Re-Alignment (3) 13-1003 Chapman Highway Advanced Traffic Management System (6) 13-1004 Liberty Street Multimodal Project (7) 13-101 Emory Valley Road at Melton Lake Drive Roundabout Construction (4) 13-102 Tulane Avenue at Pennsylvania Avenue Roundabout Construction (4) 13-203 Robert C Jackson Dr Extension - Ph II (1) 13-208 Harvest Lane Extension (2) 13-214 Old Lowes Ferry Rd at Louisville Rd (SR-333) Intersection Improvements (1) 13-215 Louisville Rd (SR-333/SR-334) Reconstruction - Phase 1 (1) 13-216 Louisville Rd (SR-333) Reconstruction - Phase 2 (2) 13-218 Middlesettlements Rd at Miser Station Rd Intersection Improvements (2) 13-601 Union Rd/N Hobbs Rd Reconstruction (3) 13-602 Knoxville Advanced Traffic Management System - Phase 1 (6) 13-603 I-40/75 Auxiliary Lanes (1) 13-802 Oak Ridge Signal Timing Optimization Program: Phase II (1) 13-813 Farragut Advanced Traffic Management System - Phase 1 (5) 13-830 Oak Ridge Rails to Trails (3) 13-833 Maryville to Townsend Greenway - Phase 1 (Brown Creek) (4) 13-838 First Creek Greenway - Broadway Streetscape (1) 13-844 First Creek Greenway - Downtown East (3) 13-852 Knoxville South Waterfront Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge (13) 13-854 Baker Creek Greenway (4) 13-855 First Creek Greenway - North Knox (2) 13-858 Knoxville Northwest Greenway Connector Ph. 2 (6) 13-880 Atlantic Avenue Sidewalk (2) 13-884 Chapman Highway Multiuse Path (2) 17-1006 KAT Express Service Enhancement - Broadway Transit Signal Priority (2) 17-201 Amerine Road Improvements (2) 17-202 US 129 Widening (9) 17-605 Knoxville Center Mall Area Circulation Study (8) 17-608a Magnolia Avenue Streetscape - Phase 3 (1) 17-608b Magnolia Avenue Streetscape - Phase 4 (2) 17-608c Magnolia Avenue Streetscape - Phase 5 (4) 17-801 Knoxville Advanced Traffic Management System - Phase 2 (2) 17-850 South Waterfront Greenway - East of Suttree (3) 17-859 South Waterfront Greenway - West of Cityview (4) 17-901 East Knox Greenway - Phase 1 (7) 17-910 Tazewell Pike Sidewalk (3) 17-911 Tyson Park/Fort Sanders Bike Connection (8) 17-913 Westland Drive Complete Street (6) 18-200b Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) ITS Expansion Phase 2 (2) 18-201 I-140 ITS Expansion (1) 18-202 Blount County Greenway Trail - Phase 1 & 2 (6) 18-500 Boyds Creek Highway (SR 338) at Old Knoxville Highway Intersection Improvements (13) 18-603 Middlebrook Pike (SR-169) ATMS Expansion (2) 19-101 I-75 ITS Instrumentation at SR-61 (Andersonville Hwy., Exit 122) interchange (IA) (1) 19-201 I-75 ITS Instrumentation at SR-61 (Andersonville Hwy., Exit 122) interchange (IA) (1) 19-603 Traffic Signal Improvements for the U.T. Area (3) 19-604 Knox County Advanced Traffic Management System - Phase II (1) 19-605 Middlebrook Pike Complete Street (3) 19-606 Woodland Ave. Complete Street (4) 19-702 TPO Pavement Mgmt (1) 19-703 Jamestowne Boulevard Study (8) 19-707 County-wide Transportation Study (Knox) (1) 19-708 TVA Bull Run Site Study (2) 19-800 Denso Greenway Trail Extension (1) 21-100 Lafayette Drive Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Improvements (1) 21-1002 ETHRA Transit Vehicle Replacement Project (4) 21-1003 Purchase KAT Vehicles - Fixed Route Buses (2) 21-1004 KAT Bus Engine Overhauls (1) 21-101 West End Corridor Intersection Improvements (1) 21-200 Jeffries Hollow Road (2) 21-201 Intersection Improvements on U.S. 321 Realign Amerine Rd and Grandview Dr (1) 21-202 Old Niles Ferry Road Widening (2) 21-203 W. Broadway Avenue (S.R. 33) Improvements (2) 21-204 Washington Street Improvements from E. Broadway Ave. to U.S. 321 (4) 21-205 Morganton Road Phase III (3) 21-206 Morganton Road Phase IV (2) 21-400 I-75 Widening (3) 21-600 Magnolia Ave/Rutledge Pike/Asheville Hwy Interchange Improvements (12) 21-601 I-40 Westbound Interchange at I-275 (5) 21-602 Intersection Improvement at Beaver Ridge Road and West Emory Road (6) 21-603 Strawberry Plains Pike Improvements (4) 21-604 Tazewell Pike and Fairview Road Intersection (8) 21-605 James White Parkway corridor improvements (12) 21-606 James White Parkway Roadway improvements (10) 21-701 Bike Parking (4) 21-800 South Knoxville Bridge Greenway (4) 21-801 Gibbs Schools Pedestrian Bridge (8) 21-802 Adair to Old Broadway Connection (1) General Comments and/or New Project Idea Adair to Old Broadway Connection (11) - Comment Period - Period 1: July 19, 2020 Period 2: October 18, 2020 Period 3: April 7, 2021
South Knoxville Waterfront Roadway Improvements
I think this project is very necessary. However, I think the roundabout is the wrong solution for this area. That intersection is very dangerous currently as it is a blind curve when cars are parked along Sevier, you can't see on-coming traffic when coming from Island Home Ave and the cars coming off James White Parkway only slow down when they hit the railroad tracks. I understand the idea is to keep traffic moving but this is going to be an increasingly pedestrian area and a 4 way stop or a 4 way traffic light stop would be much safer for pedestrians. In the U.S., roundabouts are a much more suburban solution. We do not have good urban driving practices or tight,dense urban spaces where they work well like they do in England. I oppose a roundabout (especially if it requires demolishing a potentially historic home which was in the initial plan I believe) but I think the other infrastructure elements are good.