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Greg Manter:
So… the James White Parkway “is a barrier to the potential growth of downtown”? You clearly know nothing about the area of which you speak.
But, it looks like I can count you in that group of individuals that expects traffic from South Knoxville/Knox County to GO AROUND because you don’t like having the burden of our traffic!
Thank you for providing another example of the let-them-eat-cake approach to South Knoxville’s traffic problems!
David Howard
Michael Kaplan:
TDOT did its job: it offered 3 solutions and 1 no-build option. Should the no-build option be selected I’m sure they will put those 40-year-old plans back into storage while continuing to affix bandages to the Chapman Highway corridor.
I merely challenged our elected representatives (and anyone else) who opposed the completion of the Parkway to offer their own solutions to this decades-old problem. To date I’ve not heard, nor has anyone offered, a reasonable alternative to completion of the Parkway.
Cheerfully encouraging TDOT “to showcase its creativity and engineering skills by taking on the continuing problem of how to modernize and improve our existing transportation infrastructure” is NOT a solution. TDOT has stated, repeatedly, that it is virtually impossible to improve Chapman Highway due to costs and logistical constraints.
The mere fact that a bike club managed to rally their members to a public hearing does not constitute “considerable public opposition”, but you are free to believe as you wish.
I believe the growing populations along the Knox/Sevier County line that must rely on Chapman Highway almost daily far outnumber those that oppose this project and I believe they are making the BIGGER investment in South Knoxville/Knox County.
Terry Lee Caruthers:
I wrote that “recent letter” and you are incorrect. You were not “alluded to”. I quoted the U.T. math professor. Feel free to re-read my letter.
Oh, and my home is ON Moody Avenue (a matter of public record) so I could, if that were my desire, profit MOST from NOT finishing the Parkway. Your assertion that the “most vocal proponents” expected to make a sizeable profit is false.
I agree that irresponsible drivers are part of the problem along the Chapman Highway corridor but you have merely identified part of the problem. You wholly ignore the FACT that Chapman Highway is already at or exceeding design capacity.
I believe completion of the Parkway is only one part of the solution. Once the Parkway is completed Chapman Highway can be put on the same “road diet” planned for Cumberland Avenue!
Imagine that! Bike lanes from Downtown to John Sevier Highway sharing the road with 1/3 of the current traffic volume, lower speed limits and turn lanes the entire length.
Where is YOUR solution to fix Chapman Highway?
in response to smokieshiker: I'm glad to finally see an accurate representation of the meeting and its attendees. Watching local tv news coverage of the event, especially WATE coverage, you would think that there was no opposition. I was particularly shocked by the fact they interviewed two road proponents and showcased two speeches by the same. That is irresponsible journalism. This road is a bad idea on every level. I hope our Governor steps up to the plate for his hometown.
in response to smokieshiker:
I'm glad to finally see an accurate representation of the meeting and its attendees. Watching local tv news coverage of the event, especially WATE coverage, you would think that there was no opposition. I was particularly shocked by the fact they interviewed two road proponents and showcased two speeches by the same. That is irresponsible journalism. This road is a bad idea on every level. I hope our Governor steps up to the plate for his hometown.
I am one of those "road proponents" WATE interviewed and I will gladly debate your "bad idea" OPINION.
I suffered through 3 hours of AMBC speakers who offered mountains of irrelevant rhetoric while ignoring the facts.
Feel free to defend your position. Just keep in mind... while you are trying to protect a "park" which was created solely to stop the James White Parkway - PEOPLE ARE DYING.
