City of Clarksville, TN
12/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/17/2024 08:46
Temporary traffic signals coming for Spring Creek Parkway at Trenton Road
CDE Lightband will be installing poles for a new temporary traffic signal at Spring Creek Parkway and Trenton Road, beginning Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, weather permitting.
As a result, there will be traffic delays, some of which will be significant, due to the configuration of the intersection and lane closures while poles are set.
Work will be conducted between 9 a.m.-2 p.m. to accommodate school bus traffic.
Once the CDE poles are set, the Clarksville Street Department will finish work on the temporary traffic signalization.
Spring Creek Parkway is a new City street under construction, that is to connect two state (Tennessee Department of Transportation) highways -- Trenton Road to Wilma Rudolph Boulevard, and ultimately, Ted Crozier, Sr., Boulevard which is a City street.
The ultimate goal of the project is to help take traffic pressure off of those state highways, as well as Crozier Boulevard and Interstate 24 in Montgomery County.
The Spring Creek Parkway project is being done in three phases. Spring Creek phase 1 construction costs should finish near $13 million.
Phase 2, which will begin early next year and connect through to Wilma Rudolph, is expected to cost around $30 million. The second phase includes a bridge over Spring Creek, hence the additional expense.
"Within the context of our broader, Citywide Transportation 2020+ master plan, and its specific set of vehicular and pedestrian safety improvements, we are particularly excited about the role that Spring Creek Parkway will play," said Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts.
"As a new City roadway intersecting a stretch between state highways Trenton Road and Wilma Rudolph Boulevard, and ultimately, the City's Ted Crozier, Sr., Boulevard, it will help to divert a substantial volume of traffic congestion from those key thoroughfares, as well as Interstate 24 in Montgomery County," Mayor Pitts said.
"A measure of patience now, will get us to a point where travel in that area of our community will be much improved, and we look forward to that," he said.