Gallatin Planning Commission to Consider Corridor Options

Sumner A.M. Jan. 17, 2012

A committee with citizen representatives will be tasked with studying options and making recommendations on ways to move traffic from the northern side of the city to the southwest, the Gallatin Planning Commission decided Monday.

This committee follows a city requested feasibility study conducted by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) for a connector road that would run from the north to the west and southwest part of Gallatin. TDOT suggested two options, A) widening and extending a current bypass or B) widening existing roads without building new ones.

“The Planning Commission is considering this right now because the City of Gallatin feels like it’s important that they consider projects that may happen in that area in the future,” said city Engineer Nick Tuttle.

Currently, the B) “fix it first” option is being considered most favorably due to the cheaper price tag and the concern for over building on option A).

The commission hasn’t voted on any particular option, but the discussions have indicated a lack of support for corridor A.

“To put that line on a map doesn’t make sense at this point,” said Vice Chairman James Robert Ramsey. “The economics were much better for one over the other.”

Chairman Dick Dempsey said the committee should be open to discussing the feasibility of either corridor, a combination of both, or pieces of the TDOT suggestions coupled with alternatives not included in the 2010 study.

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