Hearings on plans to improve Hwy. 127 N between Crossville and Clarkrange will be held in Cumberland and Fentress counties next week with the public invited to view a draft environmental impact statement and a summary of the draft for the project, the Tennessee Department of Transportation announced.
The hearing in the Crossville area will be held at North Cumberland Elementary School on Dec. 4 from 6-8 p.m. The hearing in Fentress County will be held at South Fentress Elementary School located on Wilder Rd. in Grimsley Dec. 6 from 6-8 p.m.
A formal presentation will start at 6:30 p.m. each evening and TDOT officials say the same information will be presented at both meetings..
Persons wishing to review the draft environmental impact statement can find copies at the Art Circle Library on E. First St. in Crossville; the offices of County Mayor Brock Hill in the courthouse and city Mayor J.H. Graham III in city hall; and in Fentress County at County Executive John B. Mullinix's office or at the Fentress County Library in Jamestown.
The plans may also be reviewed by going to www.tennessee/gov/tdot/US127N/library.htm.
Once comments from the public hearings have been received and analyzed, TDOT will review the project impacts as reported in the summary and from public input and then TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely will select the alternative to be implemented.
Once the alternative has been selected, according to TDOT, the final environmental impact statement will be prepared.
TDOT reports that the project currently has two unresolved issues. One is archaeological sites that are potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the Clear Creek crossing.
When an alternative has been selected, more detailed archaeological and engineering studies will be conducted to resolve the issues prior to the issuance of the final environmental impact statement.
For more information about this project, go online to www.tdot.state.tn.us/us127n.
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