One road, two projects
Project 1: What: Widening the Mack Hatcher Parkway between Highway 96 (Murfreesboro Road) and Franklin Road Details: A three-mile section of Mack Hatcher would be widened to a four-lane, median-divided highway with curbs and gutters. A 12-foot pathway will be for bicycle and pedestrian traffic. Startup: UncertainTimeline: Estimated between 18 and 24 monthsPrice: UncertainStart-up: Approval of environmental study and start of right-of-way acquisition could happen later this year with the earliest construction start coming in 2010.
Project 2: Extending the Mack Hatcher Parkway to complete the western half of the bypass Details: The road would begin south of Franklin at Columbia Avenue before running northwest to Carter’s Creek Pike, where it will go north to Old Charlotte Pike and northeast to connect with Hillsboro Road just north of Victoria Drive.Startup: City officials could begin condemnation of right-of-way land in a few months’ time, pending final state and federal approval.Timeline: UncertainPrice: City officials estimate that the project would cost $90.4 million.Start-up: City officials have made Mack Hatcher their No. 1 capital investment priority and are seeking possible federal money for the project through the proposed $790 billion federal stimulus package.
Source: Tennessee Department of Transportation
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