KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — There are visible signs of progress on the new fire station being built in the Burlington community.
The City of Knoxville shared an update from the construction site off Holston Drive and Martin Luther King Jr Avenue. Local leaders broke ground on Fire Station No. 6 in July 2025. Now, eight months into construction, the foundations have been completed, and the walls are beginning to rise. It is also on schedule to be completed by the end of 2026.
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It will be Knoxville’s first new fire station in more than 30 years, and part of a larger revitalization project the city is working on in the Burlington area.
The Burlington Streetscapes Project will replace the sidewalks on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue between the Kirkwood Street and Holston Drive intersections and along Prosser Road from MLK to Holston Drive. It will also include new traffic signals and streetlights, with overhead utility lines being relocated.
Due to this project, Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue will close between Lakeside and Fern streets as crews upgrade the Burlington water and sewer infrastructure, and new storm drainage is installed.
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Together, the new fire station and streetscape project represent a $17-million investment by the city into the Burlington area. The funding for the fire station was included in Kincannon’s 2025 budget, which allocated over $100 million to first responders…