April 6th Update

THURSDAY NIGHT CLOSURE OF 17^th STREET REQUIRED

TO CONTINUE UPGRADES TO NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE

KUB and its contractor will be closing a section of 17^th Street between Cumberland Avenue and White Avenue from 10 p.m. Thursday, April 7, until 6 a.m. Friday, April 8, as work continues on the natural gas system.

East-west Cumberland Avenue motorists will not be affected by the overnight closure on 17^th Street.

To access westbound Cumberland Avenue, southbound 17^th Street motorists should detour right onto Clinch Avenue, then turn left onto 22nd Street to connect with Cumberland. To access eastbound Cumberland, drivers on 17^th Street should detour left onto White Avenue, then right onto 16^th Street to connect with Cumberland.

The infrastructure upgrades are part of the City of Knoxville’s $17 million Cumberland Avenue reconstruction, to be completed by August 2017.

The reconstruction will change the existing four-lane Cumberland between 22^nd and 17^th streets to a three-lane cross section with a raised median and left-turn lanes at intersections. An earlier phase of work on the western end of Cumberland focused on improving traffic flow between the Alcoa Highway ramps and 22^nd Street; that phase finished at the end of 2015, on time and under budget.

The City’s investment in infrastructure and streetscape upgrades will create a more attractive, safer, pedestrian-friendly Cumberland Avenue Corridor.

Meanwhile, work on an unrelated private development project will close a section of 18^th Street between Cumberland and White avenues between Monday, April 11, and Thursday, April 14. The work also will reduce 17^th Street to one lane in each direction.

More information is available at www.CumberlandConnect.com, on the Cumberland Connect Facebook page, facebook.com/CumberlandConnect, and on the Cumberland Connect phone app. Or text VFL to 313131 to get text messages on the most current traffic updates.

Cumberland Avenue Merchants Association (CAMA) - Monthly Meeting - TODAY

Date: Wednesday, April 6

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm 

Location: Copper Cellar, 1807 Cumberland Avenue

What: The merchants and other interested stakeholders meet to discuss items of interest or concern and get updates on the City's Cumberland Avenue Corridor Project.

Parking: Available parking is located at Copper Cellar.