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Now is the time to fix highway
Corridor K (U.S. 64) is an east-west road through mountains that run north-south. Over time the Ocoee River has cut a channel through these mountains, providing a gorge that the current road utilizes. Geologic processes continually erode and reform mountains producing rock slides such as on U.S. 64, I-40, Cummings Highway, W Road, etc. in the same month.
There is no "mountain-top" route available for this road. A series of three to four ridges must be surmounted to run another road either north or south of the present route. These will involve roads with a footprint similar to or worse than Monteagle Mountain (I-24) with similar ice and snow problems in the winter and equally prone to rock slides.
We should worry less about providing a way to drive through Polk County than a way for residents to get access to jobs/medical care and for people (tourists, rafters, hikers) to access Polk County as a destination. TDOT is missing a "golden opportunity" to be pro-active and fix some of the other problems with this stretch of road while it's shut down for rock slide removal. ARC is missing the same opportunity to provide some of the funds necessary to accomplish this.
BETTY J. PETTY
Member
Corridor K
Citizens Resource Team
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