Traffic navigates through the intersection of Candies Lane and Ridgeway Drive at State Route 60, located near exit 25 interchange with Interstate 75. Cleveland, Tenn., planners would for the Tennessee Department of Transportation to perform an operational evaluation study regarding options for relieving traffic congestion at the intersection.CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland planners would like the Tennessee Department of Transportation to consider ways to reduce congestion at a three-way intersection just yards from exit 25 off Interstate 75.
Cleveland Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization members recently wrote to TDOT’s strategic investments division about the intersection of Georgetown Road/State Route 60 with Candies Lane and Ridgeway Drive.
“The Candies Lane/Ridgeway Drive intersection with the State Route 60 and the I-75 access ramps together create a choking point for traffic in both the northbound and southbound directions,” said the letter, signed by Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland in his role as MPO chairman.
The Candies Lane/Ridgeway Drive intersection actually falls between two proposed TDOT project areas that will impact SR60 between the I-75 interchange and the intersection with Freewill and Eureka roads.
Rowland said Cleveland planners have considered relocating the Candies Lane intersection farther north to improve traffic flow.