Will Knox County get choice lanes to fix traffic congestion on busy Interstate 40?
Knox County, home to some of the most congested roads in Tennessee, has traffic and infrastructure issues that will take a generation to solve.
“You can choose any high schooler, and they would be a senior citizen by the time we address just the current projects on the list,” said state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, R-Knoxville, chair of the Senate Transportation and Safety Committee. “That’s unacceptable.”
The county will soon receive money to get started: an unknown portion of more than $750 million designated for East Tennessee from state infrastructure funds.