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The Chattanooga Department of Transportation wants to launch a number of pedestrian-friendly improvements for East M.L. King Jr. Boulevard as soon as possible.
“[We] really want to get as much work done before school starts, given that there are over 700 students living in the neighborhood,” CDOT Administrator Blythe Bailey told the City Council last week.
The council was expected to vote July 26 to authorize a number of easement agreements that would allow the department to conduct work on public spaces that do not fall within the city’s right-of-way. The Campus Development Foundation of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga owns the properties, located between the M.L. King Boulevard intersections with Georgia Avenue and Peeples Street.
The improvements plan will utilize a portion of an estimated $1.4 million citywide right-of-way concrete construction services agreement, which the council was also expected to consider July 26.