Signals still pending
This traffic signal structure at the intersection of Mariner Point Road and Tennessee Route 61 doesn’t light up yet. The city of Clinton is still waiting on a control cabinet for the new lights. - Ben Pounds
Drivers passing the Mariner Point and Tennessee Route 61 intersection may notice traffic lights that are not yet operational. Clinton City Manager Roger Houck told The Courier News that the city is waiting on a control cabinet for the new signals to arrive from California. The city also is working on pavement markings and advance warning signs, he said. The lights will control traffic coming to and from the Anderson County Senior Center and the adjacent neighborhood. Houck said that once the signals are ready, they will flash for 14 days before becoming fully operational. “I’m sure it will take a little bit of getting used to,” he said. Other infrastructure Houck said the city is waiting to complete the downtown project before moving on to other infrastructure priorities. Once that work is finished, the city plans a paving project for roads, parking lots and paths in several locations. “We’ve got some parking lots and paths that haven’t been paved in several years, so we want to focus on that,” he said.
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First-responders work the scene of a traffic accident on Commerce Street in Clinton last Wednesday afternoon (April 15), in which a Tesla electric car drove through the side of the Dream Dance Studio. - Jackson Pirkle | Special to The Courier News
A woman test-driving a 2024 Tesla electric car crashed the vehicle into the side of the Dream Dance Studio on Commerce Street in downtown Clinton last Wednesday afternoon, knocking a large hole in the building – but miraculously not injuring anyone inside. The crash, which the woman told bystanders occurred because she “accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake” pedal when pulling out of the Commerce Street parking lot, wrecked the interior of one of three large dance classrooms inside the building. Only the driver and two male passengers in the car were injured, but not seriously, witnesses and police said. They were all from Knoxville. Dream Dance Studio owner Olivia Bartley-Hill said that some children had been participating in a dance class in the affected room just minutes earlier, but had been moved to another classroom before the car crashed through.
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Rocky Top passes data center zoning
Data centers will be allowed in Rocky Top under a special exception in M-1 industrial zones since the City Council passed an amendment to the zoning ordinance on second reading last week. In March, the council had unanimously passed on first reading Ordinance 620, which amends the city’s zoning regulations to include data centers. The council gave the measure another unanimous “yes” vote on final reading Thursday night. The vote came during the regular April council meeting, following a public hearing a half-hour before the meeting. In the hearing and during the council meeting, several people in attendance expressed concerns about allowing the centers in the city. But Mayor Kerry Templin told them that by law, the city can’t ban data centers – although it can regulate them. And even though he said no one had yet approached the city about bring one to Rocky Top, he said the ordinance is necessary because without it, a data center could be built “anywhere in town.”
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Early voting continues through April 30 Read More
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Tesla hits studio Read More
Norris plans street assessment to guide repairs Read More
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Funds approved for restoring Park Road Read More
Phillips running for District 1 seat Read More
Sports
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Dragons pitch 2 straight shutouts Read More
Power and flight Read More
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Lady Dragons clamp down, claim first place Read More
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Lady Wildcats reel off best week in 11 years Read More
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Lady Mavericks roll past Kingston 18-6 Read More
Community
Museum’s Sheep Shearing Day is Friday Read More
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Mosaic Arts Festival draws crowd to Community Center Read More
Walkers rally for Alzheimer’s awareness Read More
DECA club builds leaders, helps community Read More
School
Birkbeck appointed to school board Read More
Penalty pain, lightning end Mavericks’ week Read More
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