The Volunteer Parkway median
improvement project was completed last week which included the installation of
a raised concrete median from State Street to Anderson Street, improved drainage, and surface improvements.
This project will significantly
improve traffic safety and flow at the Volunteer Parkway/State Street
intersection, which is the worst ranked intersection in the city with a 1.13
critical rate factor and 23 crashes last year.
The improvement extends the
left-lane storage lane from 125 to 500 feet that will allow 20 cars to
queue. Because of the high volume of
left turns onto West State Street and a left turn lane with a maximum queue of
only five vehicles, left turn traffic routinely blocks the left through lane
which has been significantly improved with this project.
Most of the work was performed by Public Works Department crews for which our thanks - and those of the motoring public - are extended.
