City of Knoxville, TN
09/25/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/25/2025 13:11
Pleasant Ridge Road Widening Breaks Ground Oct. 3
Work is beginning in earnest on the $18.9 million City investment to widen Pleasant Ridge Road from Merchant Drive to the city limits.
Nowhere along the 1.25-mile-long project corridor is public safety being enhanced more so than at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School.
At 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, students and teachers from the school will join Mayor Indya Kincannon and others in celebrating the project's kickoff. The ground-breaking will take place in front of Pleasant Ridge Elementary School, 3013 Walnoaks Road.
"Public safety is Job No. 1," Mayor Kincannon said. "Every child living near a school needs and deserves a safe walking path if they want to walk with their friends to their neighborhood school.
"Here at Pleasant Ridge Elementary, we're building turn lanes, a new sidewalk, a greenway across the street, and marked pedestrian crossings."
Charles Blalock & Sons crews have begun the preliminary work on the two-year project, which will add turn lanes at Walnoaks Road, the Pleasant Ridge Elementary School driveway, Sullivan Road, Murray Drive, Wadsworth Drive and Autumn Landing. Sidewalks and a new 1.25-mile greenway will be constructed, and utilities will be upgraded.
This project complements earlier Pleasant Ridge Road Phase I work, an $8.76 million project that added turn lanes, sidewalks and utility upgrades on a 1.3-mile section of Pleasant Ridge between Merchant Drive and Interstate 640.
The Phase II work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2027.
The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services.
To request language translation services, contact the City's Human Resources Department at [email protected]or 865-215-3100. For disability accommodations, contact City ADA Coordinator Stephanie Brewer Cook at [email protected]or 865-215-2034.
Nowhere along the 1.25-mile-long project corridor is public safety being enhanced more so than at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School.
At 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, students and teachers from the school will join Mayor Indya Kincannon and others in celebrating the project's kickoff. The ground-breaking will take place in front of Pleasant Ridge Elementary School, 3013 Walnoaks Road.
"Public safety is Job No. 1," Mayor Kincannon said. "Every child living near a school needs and deserves a safe walking path if they want to walk with their friends to their neighborhood school.
"Here at Pleasant Ridge Elementary, we're building turn lanes, a new sidewalk, a greenway across the street, and marked pedestrian crossings."
Charles Blalock & Sons crews have begun the preliminary work on the two-year project, which will add turn lanes at Walnoaks Road, the Pleasant Ridge Elementary School driveway, Sullivan Road, Murray Drive, Wadsworth Drive and Autumn Landing. Sidewalks and a new 1.25-mile greenway will be constructed, and utilities will be upgraded.
This project complements earlier Pleasant Ridge Road Phase I work, an $8.76 million project that added turn lanes, sidewalks and utility upgrades on a 1.3-mile section of Pleasant Ridge between Merchant Drive and Interstate 640.
The Phase II work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2027.
The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services.
To request language translation services, contact the City's Human Resources Department at [email protected]or 865-215-3100. For disability accommodations, contact City ADA Coordinator Stephanie Brewer Cook at [email protected]or 865-215-2034.
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