KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Crews will move through the Fort Sanders area over two weekends in July, deep cleaning the roads and making sure to pick up any trash and grit from hard-to-reach corners of the neighborhood.
Knoxville leaders said crews will clean up Fort Sanders during the weekend of July 13-14, and July 27-28. The city said it schedules clean-up activities around this time to take advantage of summer break, when most University of Tennessee students are off-campus.
People will need to move their cars while crews clean up the area. Vehicles that are not moved before each clean-up will be towed, the city said. The cars need to be moved so crews can reach areas that are otherwise hard to reach.
They will work to refresh street markings, replace signs as needed, sweep the streets, pick up trash, pick up brash and weed the rights-of-way in the area.
Clean-up work starts at 6 a.m. each day and ends at 6 p.m. each day. Traffic is expected to continue driving on the streets, but motorists may face some short-term closures as needed.
On July 13, crews will clean up the roads listed below, on the west side of South Seventeenth Street. Cars will need to be moved off them.
- Grand Avenue
- Forest Avenue
- Highland Avenue
- Laurel Avenue
- White Avenue
On July 14, crews will also clean up roads on the east side of the neighborhood, listed below.
- White Avenue
- Laurel Avenue
- Clinch Avenue
- Highland Avenue
- Bridge Avenue
- Forest Avenue
- Grand Avenue
On July 27, crews will focus on cleaning up the other roads on the west side of South Seventeenth Street, listed below.
- 18th Street
- 19th Street
- 20th Street
- 21st Street
- 22nd Street
- 23rd Street
On July 28, crews will focus on roads on the other side of South Seventeenth Street.
- 12th Street
- 13th Street
- 14th Street
- James Agee Street
- 16th Street
