NEWS RELEASES
10/01/2024 - Knoxville City Council approves spending millions for Sevier Avenue improvements, as well as 'Magnolia Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan' (WBIR.com)
09/30/2024 - Council to Vote on Sevier, Magnolia Projects
| Sevier Avenue Project |
The project includes wide ADA-compliant sidewalks, a new railroad crossing, streetlights, upgraded utilities and relocation of unsightly utility lines below ground, and a roundabout at the intersection of Sevier Avenue, Foggy Bottom Street and Island Home Avenue.
Council on Tuesday will vote on four items – the biggest being an authorization for Mayor Kincannon’s administration to execute an $8.9 million construction contract with Whaley Construction, which is 80 percent funded by the state of Tennessee.
Another $6.5 million will go to Southern Constructors to build utility conduit and a duct bank, and to reimburse Knoxville Utilities Board for relocating utilities underground. The utility portion of the project is completely City-funded.
Construction would begin by January 2025 and be completed by summer 2026. With few exceptions, traffic flow on Sevier Avenue is expected to remain open in both directions throughout the construction.
The $19.2 million total project cost reflects design work, right-of-way acquisition and construction. |
09/01/2024 - Sevier Ave. Roadway Project Sheet from Engineering
02/22/2024 - Tennessee River Waterfront Connectivity Framework Study [PDF]
02/28/2022 - Sevier Ave. Parking Map [PDF]
02/22/2022 - Knoxville's South Waterfront Redevelopment Area [PDF]
11/29/2021 - Waterfront Drive Upgrades Moving to 2nd Phase
02/18/2021 - New Homes, Different Architectural Styles: Sevier Avenue ‘Feels Like a Second Downtown’
02/18/2021 - Did You Know? Free Nights, Weekend Parking – 840 Spaces – Available Near Sevier Avenue
02/15/2021 - Sevier Avenue: Streetscape Upgrades on the Way … Get to Know the Neighbors!
BEFORE 2019
The streetscape improvements include bike lanes, improved sidewalks, street lighting, on-street parking and a new roundabout at the Sevier Avenue, Island Home Avenue and Foggy Bottom Street intersections. The total cost is approximately $10 million.
On May 2, 2017 a reevaluation of the D-List Categorical Exclusion environmental document was approved. It can be viewed
here.
Right-of-way phase: Summer 2018 to Spring 2019
Bid and Award phase: Summer 2019
Construction phase: Summer 2019 to Summer 2020
PUBLIC MEETING APR. 5, 2018
A public meeting will be held on Apr. 5, 2018 at 6 p.m. at the South Knoxville Elementary School located at 801 Sevier Ave.
Work is expected to begin in spring 2019 on the Sevier Avenue Streetscapes Improvement Project, which will install new sidewalks, lighting and landscaping along the South Waterfront business corridor – between Davenport Road and a new roundabout planned for the intersection of Sevier Avenue, Foggy Bottom Road and Island Home Avenue.
At this April 5 public meeting, City staff will update stakeholders, including the residents of the Old Sevier community, on the next phases for the project. Vaughn and Melton Consulting Engineers, the City’s design consultant, and other project team members will discuss the right-of-way acquisition process and timeline leading to the start of construction.
Comments received from the public meeting and City responses can be viewed
here.
View the Sevier Ave. Streetscapes Project Plans [PDF] (59 MB file)
PROJECT HISTORY
A public meeting was held in December 2015 at South Knoxville Elementary School to review final design plans for the Sevier Avenue Streetscapes Improvement Project. All comments received can be viewed
here. View the December 2015 meeting presentation
here and map
here.