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OT: New Information pertaining to the Re-Development of Cumberland Ave.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 11:52 am
Posted on 3/19/15 at 11:52 am
From Mayor Madeline Rogero:
Much more information given here -- WBIR
Great, great news. Really looking forward to all the changes and the much needed face lift to bring Cumberland into the 21st century.
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Good news on Tuesday! Two construction companies submitted competitive bids to begin the Cumberland Avenue Corridor redesign and Streetscape project.
Southern Constructors was the apparent low bidder, proposing to do the work for $16.8 million - within the project's budget. Once contracts are finalized and approved, work should begin this summer. (KUB will begin its portion of the work in early April.)
The project aims to ease bottlenecks with a new traffic-flow design that creates new turn lanes and medians. The work also will bury utility lines, widen the sidewalks, landscape the corridor and add benches and pedestrian lighting.
Much more information given here -- WBIR
Great, great news. Really looking forward to all the changes and the much needed face lift to bring Cumberland into the 21st century.
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 11:54 am
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Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:08 pm to TRUERockyTop
fricking finally
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:45 pm to Supravol22
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The work also will bury utility lines
Tears of joy flowed
Posted on 3/19/15 at 9:53 pm to TRUERockyTop
This is going to be awesome.. but hell while the construction is going on. 
Posted on 3/19/15 at 10:04 pm to tennessee391
Yeah.. traffic through there is going to come to a crawl until 2017
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 11:46 pm to TRUERockyTop
Awesome, it's certainly past due 
Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:23 am to Wishnitwas1998
It's nice to finally see so much time and money go into the revitilization of downtown/campus. With Market Square on the up and up you've gotta think a sexy Cumberland Ave. only helps with commerce/tourism. Particularly during football season.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 12:18 pm to tennessee391
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This is going to be awesome.. but hell while the construction is going on.
They'll do most of the construction in the summer time when UT only has about tenth of its students, staff, faculty on campus and very few events. The strip turns into a ghost town when UT is out of session. I forget which road it was back of this but they got it done in the summer to avoid messing gamedays.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 12:21 pm to TRUERockyTop
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It's nice to finally see so much time and money go into the revitilization of downtown/campus. With Market Square on the up and up you've gotta think a sexy Cumberland Ave. only helps with commerce/tourism. Particularly during football season.
It's honestly been a shock to me to see Cumberland go through this recent "BUY GOLD!, CHECKS CASHED!, PAWN HERE" phase. It used to be awesome then sometime in the mid-late 2000s it went to shite.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 1:06 pm to Prof
The landowner's charge too much rent. They always seem to find schmucks who see football weekend activity and think it's a gold mine. When corporate store's start leaving due to the absurdity of high rent, you know there is a huge issue.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 1:11 pm to Prof
I know. It's a shame how beat up they let it get before anything was done. With all the construction going on around campus with the new dorms, new buildings, and bridges etc. the strip was going to be a real eye sore compared to the rest of Campus.
It makes me extremely happy to think of a well designed,high traffic area from 16th street all the way up to Market Square/Gay St.
It makes me extremely happy to think of a well designed,high traffic area from 16th street all the way up to Market Square/Gay St.
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