Franklin Enters into Agreement for Franklin Road Intersection Widening

In conjunction with the City of Brentwood, Franklin will work alongside the Tennessee Department of Transportation to better the State Route 6 intersection where the two cities meet.

The intersect includes Franklin Road, Moores Lane and Lynnwood Lane. Modifications will include creating a 5-foot sidewalk to the north side of Franklin Road, widening Lynwood Way and generating traffic signal design services for the intersections of Franklin Road and Moores Lane.

Approved unanimously at the December Franklin Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting, elected officials approved the $52,000 cost for phase one and phase two of the design concepts. The City of Franklin intends to pay for its share of the project out of the capital improvements fund. The costs will break down into $25,000 – which was already approved by City Administrator Eric Stuckey – and $27,000 for the two phases.

Gresham Smith and Partners – the consultants for the project – will do the large bulk of the engineering services. That will include performing a  field survey for Lynwood Way, traffic signal design services, adding asidewalk to the west side of Franklin Road within the city limits and widening Lynwood Way from Moore’s Lane to the Walgreen’s driveway.

TDOT will incur all of the responsibility for construction and relocation of all of the utilities. It will also mean that the intersection will have the ability to serve drivers at a full capacity.

According to city staff, Franklin will save between $800,000 to $900,000 in future construction. The changes will also help Franklin avoid future upgrades to the state route.

The agreement for the state route intersection widening came from 2013, when Brentwood, Franklin and TDOT agreed to acquire all rights-of-way and easements needed for the project.

Redoing the intersection will serve timely as the state will widen Franklin Road in the southern part of Brentwood.

The Brentwood project is on the list for construction during Fiscal Year 2017. The project would be 2.3 miles long, running from Moores Lane to Concord Road. The Franklin Road project comes in the TDOT Three-Year Project plan, which consisted of $2 billion in infrastructure investments for 79 individual project phases in 42 counties.

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