UT wants campus streets, city seems willing
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The University of Tennessee wants to take control of city-owned streets that run through the Knoxville campus.
According to the Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/117ExXd ), city engineering chief Jim Hagerman said it would be an advantage to the city if the university maintained the streets.
UT already owns some streets on campus. The proposal to take over nearly a dozen more goes before the Board of Trustees next month. If the board adopts it, the plan would then be sent to the State Building Commission and then on to the Metropolitan Planning Commission in Knoxville.
The university would be able to close or change campus streets as desired.
UT officials envision such improvements as more landscaping and bicycle lanes if the streets are given to the university.
