Update
Posted 10/10/2024

As of September 2024, all concrete work on the project, including pole foundations, sidewalks, curb and gutter, ADA ramps, and median modifications, has been completed. While the poles were originally scheduled for delivery in mid-September, this has been delayed. The poles are now expected to arrive on October 17, 2024, and the contractor plans to set them during the week of October 21, 2024.

However, the signal equipment (electronics) is not expected to be delivered until January 2025. The equipment will be installed as soon as possible after delivery, and the project has a contractual completion date of April 1, 2025.

Original Story
Posted 1/31/2024

The construction contract for a traffic light installation at Winchester and Shea Roads has been approved, and a date to proceed will be issued in early April.  

Residents near the Shea and Winchester intersection have followed the status of the traffic signal project closely since the Town entered into a Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Local Programs contract for signalization in July of 2020.  The project involves the installation of a new traffic signal, video detection, emergency preemption, pedestrian crossing signals, median modifications and American Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades at all corners. 

The design of the signalization project by Fisher & Arnold Engineering started in March of 2021 and was completed in June of 2023. TDOT issued a Notice to Proceed to Construction in September of 2023; the Town followed by issuing a notice for construction bids in October. McCrory Electric was the lowest responsive bidder at $711,559.45. 

As of the January 25, 2024 pre-construction meeting, the schedule for the installation work is as follows: