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Sevier County Commission votes to ask governor and TDOT to expand Newport Highway to five lanes

Sevier County Commission · March 1, 2026
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Commissioners approved a motion to send a letter to Governor Bill Lee and TDOT Commissioner Butch Eley requesting plans for Highway 411/Newport Highway be changed from a stop-lighted turn lane to a five-lane expansion to the Sevierville city limits and asked for a sit-down meeting; motion passed by voice vote and by subsequent roll call.

The Sevier County Commission voted to ask the governor and the Tennessee Department of Transportation to change planned work on Highway 411/Newport Highway from a stop-lighted turn lane to a five-lane expansion to the Sevierville city limits and requested a sit-down meeting with TDOT leadership.

A motion by Fred Atchley, seconded by Mike Chambers, asked the commission chairman to suspend the…

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