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THt TENNESSON, WxJiwwIny, Ottobf 28, I 1 Knox Citizens Unit Says Route Choice Made Improperly 7 1) JO Draft Environmental Impact Patterson said the draft EIS has not been completed. Transportation Commissioner 1 iCJ 31 can get you MAX INTEREST on CHECKING free! And MAX customers pay no annual fee on Commerce Union MasterCard and Visa. Plus ten other great benefits! Commerce Union Bank certificates mean you keep all the interest you earn. That's something to be overwhelmed about. Just call or come by any Commerce Union banking office for details on all of our certificates: And enjoy the benefits you deserve.

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It may be some montns or a year or more before we're close to doing tha In a letter from CAPPE addressed to Farris, presented yesterday to state transportation officials in Knoxville. the errmn accused state officials of trying to "lull a concerned public into a false sense of complacency about this project." "It is apparent that contrary to TDOT public comments governing law and fixed procedures, your department has selected a route alternative as early as June of 1982," said the letter, signed by Patterson. THESE IMPROPER actions were rescinded only after CAPPE's persistent inquiries to the TDOT and the Federal Highway Administration and despite your department's withholding of pertinent documents from us." -Farris said the unsigned agree' ment was "perfectly legal" and a normal procedure by depart ment staff who were "trying to establish a specific route so that state can initiate an Environ mental Impact Statement." "The next step is to define a specific route Farris said. "That's the process we're in now 1 HICKORY HOLLOW MALL By KITTY FISHER A Knoxville citizens group opposing a highway extension for the proposed development of a high-technology business corridor has accused state transportation officials of prematurely selecting a route before examining alternatives. Through the Freedom of Information Act, Citizens Against the Pellissippi Parkway Extension (CAPPE) obtained a copy of a proposed, unsigned agreement between the state Department of Transportation and a Knoxville engineering firm, for the draft ing of design plans to extend the Pellissippi Parkway for 1 1 .5 miles.

-THE ROUTE would -'stretch: from Interstate 40 "along the state's Alternate 'B' corridor" to Alcoa Highway in Blount County, according to the. proposed agreement. The extension is part of Gov. Lamar Alexander's plan to build a high-technology research and office Corridor in west Knox County that would establish Tennessee as a home for high-technology industries. has called the corridor "maybe the single most im portant "move of his term as governor.

i i cost estimates for the proposed parkway extension range up to $125 million. However, CAPPE president Sam Patterson said the $125 million, cost estimate is based on 1982 dollars. He estimated the project will cost at least. $225 million by the 1985 construction date. v'v Patterson said CAPPE residents do not oppose the technology corridor along the existing Pellissippi Parkway, but oppose the Pellissippi Parkway extension because of the environmental impact of the highway extension on residential communities and farm land in west Knox Patterson said federal and state documents and the agreement," which was voided by the state on Sept.

2, show that state officials had chosen the alternative route as early as June, while assuring Knoxville' residents that no selection had been made between route and an alternative route A further north. PATTERSON POINTED to a screeniig report, released in May by the state transportation department, which said "a decision will be made as to which alternative or alternatives will be studied in greater detail in the By CAROL STUART i Tennessean State Correspondent MURFREESBORO. The Murfreesboro Water and Sewer Board unanimously recommended last night that a Nissan senior engineer fill the vacant post of director of the city's, water and sewer department. Douglas Love Miller Jr. of Murfreesboro, who is designing the solid waste facilities at Smyrna's'.

Nissan Motor Manufacturing was- chosen by the board from among 104 applicants for the job. THE CITY has been without a water and sewer director since Jim Clark resigned almost four months ago to take an engineering job in Saudi Arabia. The board's recommendation to hire Miller will be forwarded to City Manager Clyde Fite for approval. Water-Sewer Board Chairman Ed Voorhies said Miller's experience with the Murfreesboro water and sewer system as an employee, and later as a consulting engineer, was a major factor in his selection. VOORHIES said the board harrowed the number of candidates to 10 three of whom were from out-of-state for Personal interviews.

He said Mil-er and one other applicant were ranked "ahead of everybody IJ think, frankly, we were quite a bit swayed by the supervisor's recommendations at that point," Voorhies said. The director's salary will be negotiated, in a 'range between $30,000 and $40,000. Clark was earning approximately $36,000 when he resigned. A date of employment will also be negotiated. 4 1 Wednesday-Sunday The Best in Genuine 1983 NEW CARS Dixie Datsun Hippodrome Oldsmobile-Datsun Jim Reed Chevrolet-Subaru Melrose Volkswagen Music City Dodge Riverside Lincoln-Mercury Vaughn Motor Company Waller Buick' mm 4.