Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Gas and Water has scheduled a water outage for Wednesday morning at 9:00am on Hillsboro Road from the Dalewood and Hallbrook Drive intersection to Peachers Mill Road. «Read the rest of this article»
Hillsboro Road Water Outage and Road Closure
September 7, 2011 |
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Clarksville, TN – A Gas and Water construction crews have closed Hillsboro Road from Binks Drive to Dalewood Drive and Dalewood Drive from Hillsboro to Dale Terrace for water valve replacement work. Traffic will be directed to Preston Street and Peachers Mill Road. Water service has also been turned off on Virginia Terrace, Gino Drive, Jana Drive, Dave Drive and Hillsboro Road.
The work is expected to take 5-6 hours to complete.
North Clarksville Water Outage Planned for Tuesday rescheduled for Wednesday
September 6, 2011 |
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Rescheduled Due To Weather
Clarksville, TN – A Gas and Water construction crew will turn off water service on Tuesday at 9:00am for water valve replacement work in the Virginia Terrace, Locust Hill, and Dalewood subdivisions in North Clarksville. Work will take place at the intersection of Virginia Terrace and Hillsboro Road. «Read the rest of this article»
North Clarksville Water Outage Planned
September 5, 2011 |
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Clarksville, TN – A Gas and Water construction crew will turn off water service on Tuesday at 9:00am for water valve replacement work in the Virginia Terrace, Locust Hill, and Dalewood subdivisions in North Clarksville. Work will take place at the intersection of Virginia Terrace and Hillsboro Road. «Read the rest of this article»
Portion of Hillsboro Road Will Close for 24 Hours for Bridge Work
November 4, 2010 |
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Transportation contract crews will close a short section of Hillsboro Road near the Davidson-Williamson County line for a 24 hour period this weekend to complete major bridge work. The closure is located just south of Old Hickory Boulevard at the bridge over the Little Harpeth River. The bridge will close at 8:00pm Friday, November 5th, 2010 and will reopen no later than 8:00pm Saturday, November 6th, 2010.
During the closure, crews will place forms across the entire roadway and will pour the new concrete bridge deck. The work is part of a $3.5 million project to replace the bridges that cross over the Little Harpeth River and Beech Creek. The project is expected to be complete by November 30th, 2010. «Read the rest of this article»
New program works to identify and address potential rockfall sites
December 1, 2009 |
Tennessee in Motion is a monthly column by Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely
 TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely
The video of a Tennessee mountainside crashing down onto U.S. 64 in Polk County on November 10th was indeed spectacular and made national news. A rockslide that closed I-40 in North Carolina has also garnered its share of headlines and impacted thousands of motorists. With clean-up at both sites expected to take months, these events show the impact rockslides in mountainous areas can have on our transportation system, local economies and the commuters who rely on these routes.
Given Tennessee’s terrain and the vagaries of weather and other factors, the threat of such rockslides is ever present. Several years ago, TDOT began implementing a Rockfall Mitigation Program to address these transportation pitfalls. The program first identifies potential rockfall sites, and then assigns a hazard rating to each location. The hazard rating is based on the potential for a rockfall event and the impacts to travelers and surrounding communities. «Read the rest of this article»
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