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TPO approves funding shift to cover roughly $7.48M construction estimate for Northwest Greenway Connector
Summary
The TPO technical committee approved reallocating federal formula and program funds to cover a construction cost increase for Knoxville’s Northwest Greenway Connector from about $2.3M to an updated estimate near $7.48M; TDOT added $2M and staff said the overrun stems from old estimates and multi-year inflation.
The Transportation Planning Organization technical committee on Dec. 9 approved a funding reallocation to cover a substantial construction cost overrun on the Northwest Greenway Connector Phase 2 in the City of Knoxville. Staff reported the original construction funding was about $2,300,000; the current construction estimate is roughly $7,480,000, driven primarily by an original estimate dated to 2019 and years of inflation.
TPO staff said Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has increased its TAP award for the project by $2,000,000 and proposed that the TPO cover the…
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