CLEVELAND, Tenn. – A new section of Tasso Road, built to avoid the new city airport, is now open.
The Cleveland Municipal Airport Authority on Friday approved transferring the right-of-way to Bradley County, making the new section a county road.
The authority will in turn receive the right-of-way from the county for a now closed, old section of the road that bisects where the new runway will be, said Lynn DeVault, Airport Authority chairwoman.
A woman who lives near the new stretch of road says it has already become a raceway, said authority member Verrill Norwood. He recommended reflectors be installed soon on guardrails at a curve in the road.
Tasso Road was one of several items dealt with by the Airport Authority at its August meeting.