KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — In a few years, Knoxville may have a new bicycle greenway connecting the Fort Sanders neighborhood with Tyson Park.
Tuesday afternoon, the Knoxville City Council is scheduled to discuss a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with CDM Smith, Inc. This agreement would have the company provide design services for the proposed greenway at a cost not exceeding $980,770. Eighty percent of this money would come from federal funds, with the remaining 20% being local.
The greenway would have a shared-use path for bicycles and pedestrians and include a tunnel under the CSX railroad tracks near Clinch Avenue and Metron Center Way, the resolution said. The path would extend to the existing Third Creek greenway at Tyson Park. CDM Smith plans for the greenway to be 10 feet wide, it said in a proposal…