CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Beginning in January, Cleveland will close its traffic engineering department and merge its work with Cleveland Utilities.
The move will allow the city to cut two positions, but the change mostly is about efficiency for motorists, City Manager Janice Casteel said.
Cleveland Utilities already does traffic-signal work for Bradley County, including planning, maintenance and synchronization.
“There will no longer be any boundaries between us and the county as we grow,” she said.
Even with the amended contract, Casteel said, Cleveland Utilities still will need time to study the system and design any changes.