City council postpones action on turning over streets to UT

Source: The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.存倉Sept. 04--The University of Tennessee will have to wait 90 days to hear whether the city of Knoxville will turn over a handful of streets situated inside the campus after city council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to postpone the measure.Councilman Duane Grieve made the motion to postpone voting to turn over nine streets inside the UT campus to the university to have a workshop to discuss the university's plans for those streets.As presented, the city would turn over to the university:-- Johnny Majors Drive from Lake Loudoun Boulevard to Pat Head Summitt Street;-- Lake Loudoun Boulevard from Volunteer Boulevard to Neyland Drive;-- Chamique Holdsclaw Drive from Lake Loudoun Boulevard to Pat Head Summitt Street;-- Pat Head Summitt Street from Chamique Holdsclaw Drive to Andy Holt Avenue;-- Fraternity Park Drive from Pat Head Summitt Street to Todd Helton Drive;-- Frances Street from Melrose Avenue to Andy Hold Avenue;-- Andy Holt Avenue from Volunteer Boul迷你倉vard to Melrose Place;-- Twentieth Street from Terrace Avenue to Andy Hold Avenue;-- Melrose Place from Andy Hold Avenue to Melrose Avenue."What we're trying to do is create a more pedestrian-friendly campus," Jeff Maples, UT vice chancellor for finance and administration said. "We're not going to prevent access. Would there be road closures, yes, but these are roads used more by pedestrians."Grieve said he asked for the postponement to allow council members more time to study the issue.In other business:-- Council members unanimously passed a motion on first reading to allow, on a trial basis, commercial pedal carriages.-- Council postponed until Oct. 1 a vote to rezone property on the north side of South Northshore Drive from Town Center from park and open space to planned residential to allow development in the area.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.) Visit the Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.) at .knoxnews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉