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Orange Route Cancelled
Commissioner
Nicely
announces
cancellation
of
the O-route while long time opponents of the
project Victor Ashe and H. E. Bittle confer.
See the June 25 2010 Knoxville News Sentinel article Orange Route Axed
See the June 25 2010 Knoxville News Sentinel article Orange Route Axed
See the Federal
Register Sept. 21, 2009 Notice
to
Rescind: "... the Notice of
Intent published on November 4, 2005 to prepare a SEIS for the proposed
Route 475 (Knoxville Parkway) ... is being rescinded."
Citizens Against the Beltway Orange aLignment (CABOL) opposed the proposed Knoxville Parkway (Beltway) I-475 Orange Route because it didn't solve traffic problems along I-40 and would only lead to more sprawl, congestion and pollution. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) was planning to spend almost a billion dollars to achieve a mere 9% reduction in traffic along I-40 through Knoxville. CABOL believes the real purpose of the Beltway was to convert rural lands and open spaces into sprawl.
Citizens Against the Beltway Orange aLignment (CABOL) opposed the proposed Knoxville Parkway (Beltway) I-475 Orange Route because it didn't solve traffic problems along I-40 and would only lead to more sprawl, congestion and pollution. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) was planning to spend almost a billion dollars to achieve a mere 9% reduction in traffic along I-40 through Knoxville. CABOL believes the real purpose of the Beltway was to convert rural lands and open spaces into sprawl.
