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ALCOA By Emily Assenmacher & Megan Brooks
Faraday Street Project: Pedestrian

Walkability, Connect Access Achieved

The City of Alcoa, along with Blount development in 2018. Faraday is now the Tesla Boulevard. Parents were happy to
Excavating Contractors and Gresham second. have another option to access the school,
Smith Engineering, recently completed This project has been a great and many residents in the Springbrook
the Faraday Street Improvement project. achievement for the City of Alcoa. It neighborhood now have another
Faraday Street is a 0.5-mile section of has been a group effort from design to route to travel to various places in the
roadway project to include utilities, construction to completion, with every surrounding area.
lighting, sidewalk, and a roundabout. department in the city working to make Additionally, the walkability of the
This section of roadway was a it successful. When a project like this development and this roadway has been
reconstruction of a road that was part one is finally finished, it is a success to be noteworthy. Many pedestrians are seen
of the original West Plant Development proud of and to celebrate, admiring the walking their dogs and enjoying the
for the Aluminum Company of America hard work from each department. connectivity of the area daily.
(ALCOA). What was formerly known as Thumbs Up: Pedestrian and Vehicle Usage The Faraday Street Improvements are a
the ALCOA West Plant is now referred to As soon as the “road closed” signs huge success for the community. We are
as the Springbrook Farm development. were removed, traffic started using this looking forward to many other projects
Tesla Boulevard was one of the first road because it is a major connector in the development coming online and
public roads to be completed in the between the City School campus and flourishing as Alcoa continues to grow.

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