‘Congestion Hot Spot Program’ Dedicated to City Traffic Improvement

City Traffic Engineer, Ram Balachandran, has worked extensively with TDOT in developing improvements to the existing interchanges and he is currently working with TDOT on the I-24 Eastbound Exit Ramp at State Route 99 and the I-24 Eastbound Exit Ramp at Fortress Blvd./Medical Center Parkway.

In FY 2016-17, The City’s Congestion Hot Spot Program included the following projects:

Location                                                                               Project                      Timetable

• Old Fort Parkway and Market Place Turn Lanes                  Turn Lanes                  Completed
• I-24 Eastbound Exit Ramp at South Church                                     Triple Exit Lanes         Completed
• I-24 Westbound Exit Ramp at Old Fort Pkwy.                      Exit Lanes       Underway by TDOT
• Northfield Blvd. at Heritage Park                                           Median/Turn/Complete mid-Oct.
• Gateway Blvd. at Medical Center Pkwy.                               Signal/Turn Lane        Jan. 2018

In FY 2017-18, the Congestion Hot Spot Program includes these additional planned projects:

• Medical Center Pkwy. at Gresham Park Dr.              Extend Left Turn Lane            mid-Oct.
• Sulphur Springs Rd. at Regenwood Dr.                     Add Turn Lanes                      Fall 2017
• Northwest Broad St. at Thompson Lane                    Extend Left Turn                     Design Phase
• Butler Dr. at South Church St.                                    Add Right Turn Lane             Begins Sept.
• Haynes Dr. at Memorial Blvd.                                    Through Lane/Extend Turn    mid-Oct.
• Haynes Dr. at Sulphur Springs Rd.                            Add Right Turn Lane              Begins Sept.
• Regenwood Dr. at Haynes Dr.                                   Add Left Turn Lane                 Spring 2018
• Thompson Lane Trailhead at Thompson Lane          Add Left Turn Lane                 Winter
• Old Fort Pkwy./SR-96 at Veterans                             Widen SR-96/5 Lanes Bid Oct. 2017
• Northwest Broad at Florence Rd.                               Add Right Turn Lane              mid-Oct.
• Robert Rose Dr. at Thompson Lane                          Add Right Turn Lane         Design/FY2019
• Clark Blvd. at Memorial Boulevard                             Add Right Turn Lane         Design/FY 2019

The larger $11 million Brinkley Road Improvement Project, approved for design by the City Council in May 2016, will widen 2.1 miles of roadway between Franklin Road (SR 96) to Manson Pike.  The improvement will include a continuous center turn lane, pedestrian and pike paths and a new bridge over Overall Creek to improve walking and biking from neighborhood subdivisions to Blackman schools.