Knoxville City Council approves spending millions for Sevier Avenue improvements, as well as ‘Magnolia Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan’ [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville City Council met to discuss an agenda that proposed spending millions of dollars on infrastructure projects Tuesday evening. The agenda also proposed the city work with the Knoxville Community Development Corporation on a plan to encourage the revitalization of old structures along Magnolia Avenue.

A resolution was approved to spend around $8.9 million with a firm for the Sevier Avenue Streetscapes Project, and another approved resolution involved spending around $5.3 million on the Sevier Avenue Utility Conduit and Duct Bank Project. The city also approved around $850,000 to inspect the Gay Street Bridge, taking steps to repair it.

Additional information about the different proposals is available below.

Knoxville City Council approved a proposal that would ask KCDC to start working on a redevelopment plan for an area of Magnolia Avenue. …