A BIG THANK-YOU

To everyone who attended the last FBMA meeting,

Thank-you! for attending and making your voices heard concerning Grigsby Chapel Road. For all those folks from Farragut Commons, Ramsgate, Windham Hall, Fox Den, & others who came out to speak on the traffic problems that are making our streets unsafe. Your participation was greatly needed and now it is up to us to keep that fire burning until the FBMA formally declares its plan to fix the challenges we have set before them.

Now I know this problem will not be fixed overnight, but now that the board formally knows about them and has committed resources to investigate how bad of a problem this is, they will have to acknowledge that whatever fix they implement must be one that will be long-term, not just a "band-aid" fix.

I do hope that once the fixes have been implemented, Grigsby Chapel Road no longer becomes a cut-through to Loudon County, and that it becomes a safe road once again.

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What concerns do you have for the Town of Farragut?

To the bunch of you who read this blog, I want to know what you think should be a concern of the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen (FBMA). I know that traffic is an issue as is school overcrowding. But what else do you see here in our town that needs to be addressed? Let me know by posting your opinion in the comments.

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January 26th, FBMA Meeting

Some people have asked that I post this. On January 26th at 7pm, during the Citizen's Forum, someone will be talking about the traffic issues on Grigsby Chapel Road/Smith Road in Farragut. They would like as much of the community to come out and voice their opinions on what is becoming an unsafe road to travel. They are not willing to accept the "explanation" from the FBMA that the Campbell Station Road Projects will alleviate this problem (because we know that they won't). It is time for the FBMA to seriously take a look at the traffic problems they have caused and start taking the safety of its citizens seriously.

Again, come out to the Farragut Town Hall on Jan. 26th and have your voice be heard.

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I Take It That...

...Apparently Traffic Lights, Stop Signs, Pedestrians, Speed Limits, Those White and Yellow Lines, School Zones & even using the turn signals on your vehicle DO NOT matter to anyone else who has a license to drive in West Knox County. It takes a visible Sheriff or KPD Officer to get people to comply with those basic "rules of the road." For the few days I decided to keep myself away from my computer this past holiday season, I decided to really be a stickler for the rules of the road and see what would happen. I drove the speed limit, waited for pedestrians to cross the street, stopped if I saw yellow, waited the 3 seconds if I was the only one at an intersection with a stop sign, etc. Boy did I get some reactions! Now mind you, I drive a Buick Rendezvous (and it's not a small vehicle by any means), but I actually had some folks try and run me off the road (well, it felt like it anyway) by trying to push me into driving faster, run red lights, etc. Now if the Mayor and the Aldermen for our town can't work with our KCSD, then maybe it's time to find an alternative. After all, why even have a town if you are not going to be concerned about the safety and security of it's residents???

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