Topic: Riverside Drive

Water outage planned for area of the intersection of Riverside Drive & North Second Street

July 21, 2009 |

Water will be disrupted on Thursday, July 23, 2009, beginning at 1:00 a.m. till approximately 5:00 a.m. for the N. Riverside Drive, Providence Boulevard, Kraft Street and N. 2nd Street intersection.

Water customers from the southern corner of the Two River’s Mall following N. Riverside Drive to approximately ¼ mile on Kraft Street and from McDonald’s on N. 2nd Street to the Red River Bridge will be without water service. Businesses in this area are advised to plan for an alternate water source during the outage.

A third-party contractor will be relocating water main lines in preparation of the N. Riverside Drive intersection upgrade project.

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Kraft Street to close for two days

July 21, 2009 |

Sewer line replacement upgrade to bring a complete blockage to Kraft Street at North Second, Riverside Drive and New Providence Blvd. Traffic snarls will likely prevail for two days during road work.

According to Clarksville Transit System Information Office, due to road work at the intersection of North Second Street, Riverside Drive, New Providence Blvd and Kraft Street, downtown traffic will undergo a major disruption for two days, starting Wednesday, July 22. This road work is a precursor to the major traffic disruption which TDOT has announced  starting at the end of this month for this intersection.

CTS will alter its Fort Campbell/Fort Campbell Blvd bus route to exclude the Kraft Street portion for these two days. The Ladd Street and Van Leer at Eighth Street bus stops will be inactive during these  two days. Lincoln Homes residents will need to utilize the bus stops along Farris Street while the roadwork is underway.

State transportation officials, the contractor and representatives from the city will meet Wednesday to discuss plans for altering city traffic patterns for the upcoming four month re-working of Clarksville’s sole North-South corridor roadway.

Regular bus routing is expected to resume on Friday morning. For more information on CTS bus routing, call the administration office at 931-553-2430.

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Closures for Independence Day Celebration

July 2, 2009 |

McGregor Park will be closed to the public beginning Thursday, July 2nd at 8:00p.m. to begin preparing for Friday’s Independence Day Celebration.  Any vehicles left in the park after this time will be towed at the owner’s expense.  The park will reopen to the public Friday evening at 5:00p.m. for the City of Clarksville’s Independence Day Celebration.

A few road closures will take place the day of the event and alternate routes will be provided. (See attached map.) The courtesy boat dock at McGregor Park will also be closed during the event.

Event guests are encouraged to park at the Austin Peay State University Dunn Center. The Clarksville Transit System will be providing free transportation to and from the event.  The first bus leaves the Dunn Center for McGregor Park at 5:30p.m., and the last will leave McGregor Park promptly at 10:15p.m. following the fireworks display.

The third annual Independence Day Celebration takes place this Friday night beginning at 6:00p.m. and is open to the public free of charge.

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Justice Department, HUD, hear citizen concerns on development, urban renewal

November 21, 2008 |

CPRC member Don Sharpe speaks out against redevelopment at "fact-finding" community meeting

“Sued for a half million dollars for speaking out…”

“This ordinance is detrimental to the community…”

“The City Council ‘rubber stamped’ the mayor…”

“I don’t think they have a plan…”

“Our Leadership doesn’t want to listen to us….”

“CHA is a shadow, not a voice…”

“Preying on minority communities…”

“I’ve never been to a public forum where the public couldn’t speak…”

This is what representatives from the United States Department of Justice, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Institute for Justice  heard when they came to Clarksville Thursday to listen to community concerns about the about the city’s controversial redevelopment plans. Seventy people participated in a fact-finding meeting at the New Providence Community Center on Oak Street sponsored by the NAACP and the Urban Resource Center.

Walter Atkinson, Senior Conciliation Specialist with the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service (Southeast Region IV), in stating that the meeting was “to hear community concerns,” said his role was in part to try and avert “litigation.”

“I am here to listen and observe,” Atkinson said, noting that it was letters from NAACP Chapter President Jimmie Garland and Terry McMoore of the Urban Resource Center that focused federal attention on this local issue. Atkinson had been “in communication” with Mayor Johnny Piper and with the Downtown District Partnership Board. Piper, DDP members and most sitting City Councilors did not attend this meeting. Jim Doyle, who was not re-elected to his Ward 8 seat, along with newly elected councilors Candy Johnson, David Allen and Jeff Burkhart did attend the meeting and spoke with the Ward 6 constituency. «Read the rest of this article»

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