11/23/2004
Promoting the 5 lane proposal for Tazewell Pike
This site is being developed to promote the proposal to widen Tazewell Pike to 4 traffic lanes and a turn lane from Old Broadway to just past the intersection with Jacksboro Pike for one mile. This little section of Tazewell Pike handles over 12,000 vehicles a day with 4% trucks.
Every evening traffic backs up from I-640 West and East up the ramps from Old and New Broadway coming on to Tazewell Pike
Looking toward Broadway and I 640 from 3015 Tazewell Pike there is a mass of active businesses. The brand new Coldwell Banker Real Estate office is on the right followed by Hardee's and a shopping center with Sun Trust Bank, Blockbuster Video, Atomic Pawn, a Party Supplies Store and more
On the left is a Printer, a gift store and dry cleaners, Doctors offices, and a very busy Pilot Convenience store -where the ambulance service for this area of Knoxville waits for calls 24 hours a day.
Anyone who has ever tried to make a left turn into one of these businesses
or has tried to exit going against traffic has experienced the frustration of
the huge traffic load on this short section of Tazewell Pike.
Looking toward Jacksboro pike there is another shopping center with Pizza Hut Delivery, Rita's Bakery and the new National Fitness Center with massive traffic particularly at 5pm weekdays and a very busy Pratt's Country Store and produce market
Every day brings the screeching of tires as cars apply brakes to avoid near
collisions. The scream of sirens either from the Ambulance Service that uses the Pilot Station as a base or the Fire Station on Jacksboro Pike can be heard several times a day. God forbid anyone in Smithwood or points East and North of the Pilot Station have a heart attack from 4:30pm to 6:30pm because there is simply no room for traffic to pull out of the way of these emergency vehicles costing them valuable time that could be used to save a life.
Contact: Aurabass@comcast.net to join the Business and Property Owners of Tazewell Pike Association in pushing for the much needed widening of Tazewell Pike
The Plan has already been engineered and approved by the Metropolitan Planning Commission. It is being held up by The Adair Gardens Neighborhood Association who oppose the plan for unknown reasons.This plan would actually benefit Adair Gardens since traffic that now drives through their neighborhood on Adair and Sanders would be more likely to use a wider safer Tazewell Pike.
This stretch of road experiences 10 times the number of traffic accidents that are average for a road of this type. How many people have to be injured or have their lives cut short before action is taken to remedy this terrible situation?
Please leave a comment in the COMMENTS section below this line with your phone and e-mail information if you would like to help with this cause.
Thank You
Barry Bozeman author Wide the Pike.com
Every evening traffic backs up from I-640 West and East up the ramps from Old and New Broadway coming on to Tazewell Pike
Looking toward Broadway and I 640 from 3015 Tazewell Pike there is a mass of active businesses. The brand new Coldwell Banker Real Estate office is on the right followed by Hardee's and a shopping center with Sun Trust Bank, Blockbuster Video, Atomic Pawn, a Party Supplies Store and more
On the left is a Printer, a gift store and dry cleaners, Doctors offices, and a very busy Pilot Convenience store -where the ambulance service for this area of Knoxville waits for calls 24 hours a day.
Anyone who has ever tried to make a left turn into one of these businesses
or has tried to exit going against traffic has experienced the frustration of
the huge traffic load on this short section of Tazewell Pike.
Looking toward Jacksboro pike there is another shopping center with Pizza Hut Delivery, Rita's Bakery and the new National Fitness Center with massive traffic particularly at 5pm weekdays and a very busy Pratt's Country Store and produce market
Every day brings the screeching of tires as cars apply brakes to avoid near
collisions. The scream of sirens either from the Ambulance Service that uses the Pilot Station as a base or the Fire Station on Jacksboro Pike can be heard several times a day. God forbid anyone in Smithwood or points East and North of the Pilot Station have a heart attack from 4:30pm to 6:30pm because there is simply no room for traffic to pull out of the way of these emergency vehicles costing them valuable time that could be used to save a life.
Contact: Aurabass@comcast.net to join the Business and Property Owners of Tazewell Pike Association in pushing for the much needed widening of Tazewell Pike
The Plan has already been engineered and approved by the Metropolitan Planning Commission. It is being held up by The Adair Gardens Neighborhood Association who oppose the plan for unknown reasons.This plan would actually benefit Adair Gardens since traffic that now drives through their neighborhood on Adair and Sanders would be more likely to use a wider safer Tazewell Pike.
This stretch of road experiences 10 times the number of traffic accidents that are average for a road of this type. How many people have to be injured or have their lives cut short before action is taken to remedy this terrible situation?
Please leave a comment in the COMMENTS section below this line with your phone and e-mail information if you would like to help with this cause.
Thank You
Barry Bozeman author Wide the Pike.com
