Pikeville, Tenn., Mayor Greg Johnson talks about a new sidewalk project funded by TDOT enhancement grant money to build new sidewalks on Spring Street between Wheeler Avenue and Groves Street. Pikeville is one of three towns in Southeast Tennessee to get project funding.Three Southeast Tennessee towns are divvying up more than $1 million for nontraditional downtown transportation improvement projects for pedestrians and cyclists, according to officials.
Benton, Decatur and Pikeville were awarded funding through the Tennessee Department of Transportation this week for projects to make it easier to get around by foot and on bike, officials said. The grants, which also will help pay for other downtown beautification projects, require a 20 percent local match.
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Pikeville received the lion’s share of funding regionally — $596,056 — for work to extend a major ongoing downtown facelift and eventually connect the courthouse square with the state Highway 30 bypass on the west side of town, Mayor Greg Johnson said.
The money will fund work from Grove Street, two blocks from the courthouse, to Wheeler Avenue to total about 1,600 linear feet of sidewalk, new lighting, landscaping and signs, Johnson said.