CONSTRUCTION OF
RAISED MEDIAN ON CUMBERLAND CONTINUES
Since Monday, March 13, contractor crews have shifted the eastbound lane of
Cumberland Avenue from 22nd to 19th streets and set the
stage for the installation of the new concrete median. The next step in the
process, starting Wednesday, March 22, is laying the new concrete curb with an
extruded curb machine. This will require temporary, intermittent lane closures
of Cumberland while the machine lays down the new median curbs.
This is the latest development in the City’s $17 million reconstruction of
Cumberland Avenue.
The concrete pours will be
scheduled each day to avoid peak traffic hours and will be fully complete by 6
p.m. on Friday, March 24. Flaggers and police officers will be on site to
direct traffic around the work zone. If traffic is heavier than expected, an
alternate route will be designated and a detour will be implemented (see detour
map).
Additionally, through traffic to
points east or west of the area may want to consider using Neyland Drive as an
alternate route.
The work will occur starting at 19th
Street in the eastbound traffic lane.
Mid-block left turns have been
prevented so far by temporary barriers. The new medians will be between 3 feet
and 13 feet wide, depending on turn lanes and Knoxville Area Transit bus
infrastructure. Even though the number of traffic lanes on Cumberland has been
reduced, the design is expected to reduce fender benders and improve traffic
flow by eliminating blockages created by vehicles turning left across incoming
traffic in the middle of the block.
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.
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