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Newport Greenway System
The City of Newport proposes to construct a river walk along the Pigeon River in downtown Newport. The river walk would extend east along the river until it meets Highway 25/70 in Eastport and West until it merges it to the proposed Fred M. Valentine Jr. River Park at the Old Mill site. Also it will expand south to Newport Grammar School where we can involve students in environmental education along the banks of the Pigeon River. Then the Greenway will head South on Highway 321 to the Newport City Park where we attempt to connect green and open space and our recreation facility’s together.
©2011 NPT PHOTO BY DAVID
POPIEL
City officials announced they had received a go-ahead from Tennessee Department of
Transportation officials to bid out, then construct, Phase I of Riverwalk, along the Pigeon
River. Shown left to right are: Parks and Recreation Director Tim Dockery, who led the
effort to build Riverwalk; City of Newport aldermen Kenny Morgan, Connie Bill, Johnny
Bugg, and Freddie Gregg, and City Administrator Scott Collins. In the background is the
Highway 321 McSween's bridge, which the Riverwalk path will go under.
Author: Nelson Morais
Source: The Newport Plain Talk
NEWPORT-A steady sprinkling of rain Tuesday afternoon couldn't dampen the excited spirits of various officials who gathered near the banks of the Pigeon River downtown to announce the long-delayed Riverwalk project is now ready to enter its construction phase.
The project was first proposed to the Tennessee Department of Transportation 13 years ago, in 1997.
"This is a long-time coming," Newport Mayor Connie Ball said.
The 1,800-foot long and eight-foot wide Phase I of the Riverwalk project will now go out to bid.
For more details, please see the latest edition of the Newport Plain Talk.
