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Knoxville Cumberland Avenue Project will underground electrical transmission lines, replacing overhead utility relocation in alleys, and add a three-lane cross section, shared bike/travel lane, wider sidewalks, and KUB gas, sewer, and water upgrades.
What's Behind the News
A Knoxville project to bury utilities, enhance traffic flow, and add a shared bike lane and wider, pole-free sidewalks.
- City opts to bury electrical transmission lines along Cumberland.
- Budget allowed undergrounding over alley utility relocation.
- Three-lane cross section improves traffic operations.
- Shared eastbound bike/travel lane and wider, pole-free sidewalks.
- KUB upgrading gas, sewer, and water infrastructure concurrently.
A better budget will mean buried utility lines on Cumberland Avenue.
The city of Knoxville announced that it will put overhead electrical transmission lines underground, rather than moving them into the alleys bordering Cumberland, when it begins construction on the Cumberland Avenue Corridor Project.
"We were looking at relocating above ground in the alley because at the time it was the least expensive option that accomplished our goal of removing the poles and wires from Cumberland," said Anne Wallace, the city's Cumberland Avenue project manager. "We felt like the cost of burying lines could be somewhat prohibitive."
Wallance added that the alleys already had overhead electrical lines, even as some residents seek underground lines in comparable neighborhoods.
Initially, the city estimated that it would cost $1.2 million more to bury the lines than to relocate them, but "we had more in the budget to move the utilities than we expected," Wallace said.
The design also includes a three-lane cross section of traffic with a shared eastbound bike/travel lane, a two-way left-turn lane and wider sidewalks without utility poles as support for underground transmission grows regionally. Knoxville Utilities Board said it will make improvements to gas, sewer and water lines in conjunction with the project.
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