$1.33 Million Marked for Widening of Ashland Terrace in 2007
Posted in General Info by Karen Rhodes on October 29th, 2006 Part of the $30.7 million dollar budget for fiscal year 2007 includes finally widening Ashland Terrace. This is going to be huge. Not only because my office is on Asland Terrace
We will be going from a 2 lane road to 5 lanes with sidewalks.
It’s going to be a nighmare during construction. Post construction traffic is going to increase dramatically. Just how much remains to be seen. What about our parking lot? How much of it will we lose? Since I currently turn left into my parking lot across one lane it isn’t too bad. Two lanes could leave me sitting in the middle of the road longer.
It’s not all bad though. More traffic means more people will see our company sign which in turn could lead to more business. It will make getting from Hixson to Red Bank a lot quicker specially during rush hour. It could give Red Bank a boost.
The city is paying $1.33 million with the TN Dept of Transportation covering the other 80% of the total expected cost to complete the project according to tfponline.com.
All in all I think it is going to be great. I’m just not looking forward to the construction phase.
