CLARKSVILLE, TN – Five years ago this Spring, the City of Clarksville’s master plan for transportation improvements was adopted.
Entitled, “Transportation 2020+”, it has since been a front-of-mind strategic document, guiding decisions about more, and better City streets, intersections, traffic signalizations and sidewalks, for distribution across all City Wards, and within the fiscal reality of the City’s budget.
As Clarksville grows, safe and efficient travel for motorists and pedestrians within the community is a vital concern. Now, there are numerous successes to report because of Transportation 2020+, and more are planned.
Mayor Joe Pitts, the City Council, and leaders of the Clarksville Street Department, Clarksville Transit System, Clarksville Parks & Recreation, Clarksville Finance & Revenue, the City Communications office, the Regional Planning Commission, and the Clarksville Area Urbanized Metropolitan Planning Organization, originally spent several months studying Clarksville’s leading transportation needs, and then created this strategy for action…