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Removing or replacing the TVA tower at the intersection of Neal Street and South Jefferson Avenue would cost at least $800,000. Cookeville paid a $30,000 deposit in September to have TVA conduct a study to decide if the structure could be replaced by a one or two-pole structure. Cookeville Energy Department Director Carl Haney said removing the structure and adding ... Read More »

The Cookeville Energy Department stands almost 60 percent to its goal of replacing all of Cookeville’s existing street lights with improved LED lights. Department of Energy Director Carl Haney said the replacement project began some three years ago when manufacturers started to move away from the lights the city previously used. “They were coming out with a more energy-efficient LED ... Read More »

Cookeville hoping for new T-DOT money to help modernize traffic signals along South Jefferson Avenue and a more coordinated traffic flow from Interstate Drive to Bunker Hill Road. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the stoplights at the intersections are currently connected through copper loops. The new system would allow the area to be monitored through a fiber-optic connection with ... Read More »

Cookeville Police Department has two new digital displays ready to deploy in an effort to decrease speeding across town. The first display showed up over the weekend on Maple Avenue between Highway 111 and Neal Street. The monitor records the number of cars that pass as well as the vehicles’ speed. Cookeville Police Lieutenant Anthony Leonard said the displays will ... Read More »

Cookeville Planning Commission voted Monday to allow medical clinics in the city’s regional commercial zones. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the CR zoning exists along major collector roads across the city. The zoning currently allows medical offices for dentists, opticians, chiropractors and physical therapists. “Areas along Neal Street within the CR district contain several of these permitted uses and ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council approved the rezoning of some five acres along Bunker Hill Road for construction of a new subdivision. The rezoning to a RS10 district decreases the density slightly from its original RS15 zoning. Single-family detached homes will be built in the area. The 15 lots will be served by one interior road off Bunker Hill Road. No members ... Read More »

A snowstorm has repeatedly impacted Neal Street in recent weeks and Cookeville city officials want your help to stop it. “At least a half dozen times, (someone) dumped what we think are wipes along Neal Street and in the vicinity of Neal Street,” City Manager James Mills. “And when I say dumped wipes, it’s hundreds and hundreds of them. And ... Read More »

A geotechnical study will be required to develop land on the corner of Neal Street and South Maple Avenue adjacent to the new Cookeville Police Department. Cookeville City Planner Jon Ward said shallow caves and sink holes make the planning department concerned how environmentally safe the land is. “We fell like to develop that we need to look at a ... Read More »

About 30 acres north of Neal Street’s Honda Dealership could be used for residential development. Planning Director Jon Ward said the owners submitted a rezoning request because the topography of the land made commercial development a challenge. “Regional commercial zoning district does not allow for any type of residential development,” Ward said. “The developers have submitted a request to rezone ... Read More »

The new Cookeville Police Department will require an eight inch water line on Neal Street to be lowered. Cookeville Water and Sewer Director Ronnie Kelly said the line interferes with the installation of a sidewalk and construction of the eastern entrance. “The contractor will go in and insert a valve and basically, isolate a couple valves on that section of ... Read More »