New Neal Street LDS Church Enters Construction Phase
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has begun construction for a new facility at 750 Neal Street in Cookeville. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the project is currently in the early stages of development as crews begin preparing the land for the new structure. Ward said the church is relocating from its […]
Cookeville Planning Approves Addition Of VA Clinic Streets
The Cookeville Planning Commission approved a preliminary plat Monday to establish new streets and right-of-way dedications for the planned VA clinic near Neal Street. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the project involves the construction of a new public street called Truitt Drive and the extension of Guardian Way to provide access to the facility. […]
Zoning Board Approves Access For Regional VA Clinic
The Cookeville Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance Thursday to allow for a reduced landscape yard along a new public street serving the new VA clinic on Neal Street. The variance the first step toward building that new facility. Planner Chris Phillips said the new public road would be named Truitt Drive. Phillips said […]
New VA Facility Targets Neal Street Location, Not Fairgrounds
A new Cookeville Veterans Administration facility will be located on Neal Street, rather than on the site of the old County Fairgrounds. A public announcement has not been made, but a listing on a federal government website shows the selection was made September 29. The total price tag of the lease agreement, some $55 million. […]
More Landscaping Coming To Neal Street Corridor
Landscaping upgrades and beautification are on the way to Cookeville’s Neal Street corridor. Cookeville Public Works Director Mary Beth Elrod said the department is evaluating the existing trees in the median islands. She said a mixed bag of trees have been planted over the years, some of which are old or dead. She said Neal […]
Cookeville Officials Meet With Blackburn Over TVA Tower
Cookeville officials met with Senator Marsha Blackburn to request support in having a TVA transmission tower at the intersection of Neal Street and South Jefferson Avenue moved. City Manager James Mills said Blackburn was receptive to helping the city resolve the issue. He said the location of the tower makes eastbound turns onto Neal Street […]
Reducing TVA Footprint At Jefferson/Neal Some 800K
Removing or replacing the TVA tower at the intersection of Neal Street and South Jefferson Avenue would cost at least $800,000. Cookeville paid a $30,000 deposit in September to have TVA conduct a study to decide if the structure could be replaced by a one or two-pole structure. Cookeville Energy Department Director Carl Haney said […]
Cookeville About 60 Percent Toward All LED Street Lights
The Cookeville Energy Department stands almost 60 percent to its goal of replacing all of Cookeville’s existing street lights with improved LED lights. Department of Energy Director Carl Haney said the replacement project began some three years ago when manufacturers started to move away from the lights the city previously used. “They were coming out […]
Cookeville Applies For Modernization Grant For Congested Intersections
Cookeville hoping for new T-DOT money to help modernize traffic signals along South Jefferson Avenue and a more coordinated traffic flow from Interstate Drive to Bunker Hill Road. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the stoplights at the intersections are currently connected through copper loops. The new system would allow the area to be monitored […]
Cookeville Police Places Digital Displays To Help With Speeding
Cookeville Police Department has two new digital displays ready to deploy in an effort to decrease speeding across town. The first display showed up over the weekend on Maple Avenue between Highway 111 and Neal Street. The monitor records the number of cars that pass as well as the vehicles’ speed. Cookeville Police Lieutenant Anthony […]
