Let’s not start singing praises yet
The local news is all ga-ga over a road construction project in Knoxville that was completed seven months early. What about the Alcoa Highway bridge, which should have been done last year, I think? Or the bridge on Asheville Highway that should have been done two years ago? Or the never-ending orange barrels that litter I40 for as long as I’ve been driving?
November 19th, 2004 at 9:48 am
I almost posted on this topic, going to say it reminded me of when I lived in Maryland between DC and Baltimore… A company was just about done with a new bridge when it collapsed and they had to rebuild it. But hopefully in this case it got done early and also correctly, which is much more important!
November 19th, 2004 at 10:54 am
The way I understand it, TDOT uses I-40 to store their orange barrels.
November 19th, 2004 at 11:24 am
I have to hand it to TDOT. The Pellissippi Parkway re-paving went much faster than expected, and resulted in only occassional delays.
November 19th, 2004 at 11:36 am
It’s news when they finish early..its business as usual when projects are late and over-budget.
November 19th, 2004 at 2:04 pm
I heard that oft-discussed “Orange Route” bypass will be done sometime around the year 2147.