Knoxville’s $45 million plan calls for 13 new greenway links

Knoxville, TN officials will publicly unveil a long-term $45 million plan to build 24 miles of greenways that would connect the city’s existing trail system.

The city’s existing 90 miles of trails have been used largely as recreation, but the 13 planned corridors would help runners, walkers and cyclists to use the greenways to reach downtown, parks and other destinations, said Joe Walsh, Knoxville’s park director.

For years, the Third Creek Greenway, which linked student housing on Sutherland Avenue to the University of Tennessee campus, was the only major transportation greenway, he said.

The new greenway connections can also help protect fragments of urban forest and creeks, opening them up for public use.

“The more accessible facilities are, the more they’re used and taken care of by everyone,” Greenways Coordinator Lori Goerlich said. “So there’s a pragmatic (aspect) to having more access and more people being able to enjoy them, but also a lot of benefits to the experience and the connectivity offers more options on where you can go, to change up your route or go to different parts of town.”

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1 Comment

  1. James Brockman

    Knoxville is doing a good job with the greenway system and I am glad to see the connectors finally being built.

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