KINGSPORT — The city of Kingsport has started its street resurfacing program for the summer, with repaving work taking place first in the Cooks Valley area, from roughly Harbor Chapel Road to Fort Patrick Henry Lake.
City crews are paving about 8 miles of roadway in the Cooks Valley area, with the $2.5 million project expected to be completed later this fall.
In addition, contractors are currently making concrete repairs to Crescent Drive and will pave a small portion of Airport Parkway near Jericho Drive by the first of November.
Finally, the Tennessee Department of Transportation will be paving on Interstate 81 from Interstate 26 south to near Fall Branch and on the Hawkins County portion of State Route 1 (US 11W) from the bridges over the North Fork of the Holston River west to Church Hill.
In total, the Model City will experience around $5 million in street resurfacing work in 2025 — more than 16 miles of city and state roads.
Since 2017, Kingsport has allocated and/or spent $20.7 million on street resurfacing work, repaving more than 115 miles of roads.
General areas paved in these years include Fairacres, Cooks Valley, Colonial Heights, Lynn Garden, Upper Sevier Terrace, areas near the Tri-Cities airport, Eastern Star and the Tri-Cities Crossing and Fort Henry Drive between the John B. Dennis Highway and Fort Patrick Henry Dam.
During those same years, the Tennessee Department of Transportation has spent $13.6 million on street resurfacing work in Kingsport, repaving 24 miles of roads.
For the past nine years, Kingsport has used a data-driven approach to street resurfacing. First, by ranking all city streets from 0 to 100 based on condition and then creating an annual paving plan where the lowest ranked streets are given priority.
By following this program, Kingsport has repaved on average 17 miles of streets every year since 2017.
The city of Kingsport is responsible for maintaining around 500 miles of streets within the city limits. The Tennessee Department of Transportation oversees the repair and paving of state highways and federal interstates within Kingsport’s borders, including Stone Drive, Fort Henry Drive, Center Street, Lynn Garden Drive and John B. Dennis Highway.
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