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An engineering firm hired by TDOT to perform a transportation study in Cookeville presented its findings and recommendations to city officials last night.
The study involved a major street plan and corridor analysis, which recommended some $68.7 million in proposed road improvement projects.
“I’m not sure how we fund that $60 million in projects, but I think we start with some of the more simple recommendations which is related to our signals,” Cookeville City Manager Mike Davidson said. “Trying to coordinate signals on different roadway segments and hopefully get that in place and see what kind of improvements that makes to traffic flow.”
The corridor analysis conducted by the firm found failing intersections along Willow Avenue at West 3rd, West 4th, and West 9th streets. All of those intersections are considered stop-controlled intersections. The firm recommended that those signals be synchronized.
The firm’s corridor analysis centered on Willow Avenue, Jefferson and Washington, Spring and Broad and East 10th Street. The firm found a number of issues affecting traffic flow at those locations, including, high driveway densities, inadequate trun lane storage and off-set intersections.
