Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 11

riigt njr iiwu I Sunday November 9 1975 Kingsport Times-News 11A Responsible For Fordtown Road Access? the road counts indicate that 2400 cars travel it in a 12-hour period" Also involved in replacing the bridge is changing the approach of North Hol-ston Drive The road will be elevated to free it from the floodplain of the Holston Ferguson said he had heard the work on the bridge would begin by midsummer 1976 but letter said contract letting date has been At that time both Washington and Sullivan Counties were supposedly in agreement to improve the access roads to the interchange The agreement was a condition of federal funding for the interchange which has turned out to' be a $14 million project Now Sullivan County through Quarterly commerce committee is trying to find out if indeed the county is committed to build the road and if so where Chairman of the commit By RICK PATTERSON Times-News Staff Writer The Tennessee Department of Transportation says there is a need to build an access road known as the relocation of Fordtown Road but they yet found out whose responsibility it is The new Fordtown Road has been kicked around since 1971 when the state and the Federal Highway Administration agreed to build an interchange on Highway 137 the Appalachian Highway at Eastern Star Road St Rt 36 (US 23 the old Johnson City highway) in Sullivan purpose of an improved route between these two points is to accommodate traffic from the newly constructed interchange Members of my staff are currently investigating the responsibility for this comment was that it took 46 days to find out that the Department of Transportation still know who has to build the road the North Fork of the Hols-ton River Shaw said a field plan of the work is finished and right of way plans are being prepared No commitment to widen the road from the bridge to Highway 23 at the state line has been made but Shaw did say necessary right of way acquisition will be very minimal No families or businesses will be Ferguson said he will be pressing for the widening of tee Ferguson wrote Eddie Shaw transportation commissioner on Sept 16 to have the original agreement researched There is a question whether County Court promised the road or Highway Commissioner Arvin Rodefer Shaw responded Thursday answer to you last request FAS Rt 25-80 (Eastern Star Road) is not the route for which improvements are intended The need is for a connection between St Rt 25-80 all of which is in Washington County and Coincidental to the interchange are Johnson plans to develop a sanitary landfill at Bowser Ridge The interchange and an improved Eastern Star Road (Washington County officials say they will widen the road once the interchange is completed) will provide easy access to the landfill letter mentioned another project which Ferguson hopes will be underway by the middle of next summer the widening of Valley Road and replacing the bridge over North Kingsport Volunteers Plan Fund Raising The North Kingsport Volunteer Fire Department will be conducting a fundraising drive from Nov 8 to Dec 6 a fire department spokesman said today The drive will be conducted mostly in the Lynn Garden Midfields West View and Morrison City areas which are served by the North Kingsport volunteers the spokesman said The spokesman warned that anyone collecting for the fire department will have proper identification and give receipts for donations People should not give money to anyone who cannot show a fire department ID card he said General Misquoted Carl Kirkpatrick district attorney 'general fori Sullivan County was misquoted by the Times-News Thursday He did not say the state parole board has shown a growing to tolerate lawlessness The quote should have read: parole board and its hearing examiners have shown a growing willingness to tolerate lawlessness in criminal activities on part of persons they are supervising on OPEN SUNDAY 1 PM 6 PM MONDAY 10:00 AM til 9:30 PM imday and Monday Only MWBLW OttOKMSi tHi? 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