City of Knoxville - Engineering Department

James R. Hagerman, P.E.
Director of Engineering
jhagerman@cityofknoxville.org
Suite 480, City County Building
P.O. Box 1631
Knoxville, TN 37901
865-215-2027
Fax: 865-215-2631

Stephen J. King, P.E.
Deputy Director of Engineering
sking@cityofknoxville.org
1400 Loraine St.
Knoxville, TN 37921
865-215-6100
Fax: 865-215-6109

Welcome to the Engineering Department website! This page gives an overview of the three Divisions within the Engineering Department, with a broad description of each Division's responsibility. The Engineering Department is part of the Public Works Department.

The Engineering Department performs all engineering and technical services for city departments, including design work and contract administration for streets, bridges, sidewalks, drainage and other public works projects. The largest of the contract categories is the city's street paving program, which has repaved more than 1,000 miles of the city's streets since 1988.

The Engineering Department provides professional expertise in the planning and design of improvements to existing roadways and bridges, working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) on short-term and long-term improvements to the city's transportation system. In addition, the Engineering Department also reviews plans and plats in conjunction with the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) and other city agencies. The Engineering Department handles traffic signs & signals, stormwater management, drainage complaints, stormwater quality issues, temporary traffic control permits, etc. Ward maps and other information are maintained at the Technical Services Counter on the 4th floor of the City County Building.

FIRST CREEK MEETING INFORMATION
Meeting Handout [PDF]
Meeting Presentation [PDF

What's New

QUALIFIED LOCAL PROGRAM (QLP)

QLP The City of Knoxville has been approved by the State of Tennessee as a Qualified Local Program (QLP) to accept, review, and approve Construction General Permit SWPPP's for sites located within the City beginning March 1, 2013. Information about this program can be found in the Land Development Manual un Policy 27 - Qualified Local Program Construction General Permit

Tennessee Stormwater Association (TNSA),
City of Knoxville, and Knox County Site Development Symposium

Below is portable document format (PDF) file for the agenda for the 2013 Symposium presentations by TNSA, City of Knoxville Engineering Department personnel, and Knox County Public Works & Engineering personnel. After opening the agenda, simply click on the presentation of interest and this presentation will be opened in PDF format that was created from each presenter's material and each page of the PDF represents one full-color slide of the PowerPoint presentation. In the upper right corner of the first page of this PDF is a link to a PDF that was created with 6 slides per page as a handout that can be printed in black and white if desired. Whether you were able to attend the symposium and simply want to refresh or if you were able to attend, we hope these documents will be helpful.

2013 Symposium Agenda

HENLEY STREET BRIDGE PROJECT

The Henley Street Bridge will be closed for extensive repairs beginning in January 2011 and will remain closed for up to three years (expected completion date: February 28, 2014). The Henley Street Bridge Project Community Center is now open and located at 220 East Blount Avenue (across from the old Baptist Hospital). The Center will provide a central location to obtain information about the project, to learn more about the detours around the bridge closure and to receive updates on the work to repair the bridge. For additional information, including project details and updates, detour maps, a history of Henley Street bridge and much more, visit the Tennessee Department of Transportation's (TDOT's) website at www.tdot.state.tn.us/henley.

SR 62 WESTERN AVENUE PROJECT

A $31.4 million project to widen State Route 62 Western Avenue, in Knox County is now underway. The project will reconstruct the existing two lane roadway to a five-lane facility beginning at Schaad Road and extending approximately 3.9 miles to Copper Kettle Road. When complete, the road will consist of four 12 foot traffic lanes, a 12 foot center lane, 10 foot outside shoulders, curb & gutter, and 5 foot wide sidewalks. To keep the public informed on the progress of the SR-62 project, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has created a project website, www.tdot.state.tn.us/SR62. Included on the website are project facts, contact information, and frequently asked questions.

Civil Engineering Division
1400 Loraine Street
865-215-6100

City contracts, contract management, & inspections for streets, sidewalks, bridges and greenways.

Conducts regular inspections and maintenance of city infrastructure (streets, sidewalks, bridges, greenways).

Miscellaneous survey and design projects to support other city departments.

Coordination of ROW permits and street cuts.

Maintains standard specifications and details for use on city contracts and other projects.

Works with neighborhood groups, City Council, TDOT and other local and state agencies.

Develops and maintains a survey control network to ensure a consistent coordinate system throughout the City, and publishes survey control data for use by KGIS, surveyors, engineers, developers and other interested parties.

Stormwater Engineering Division
4th floor City County Bldg
865-215-2148

Conducts plans review and issues site development permits.

Reviews plats, easements, and ROW dedications/closures.

Provides design guidance to developers with Land Development Manual and BMP Manual.

Stormwater monitoring & sampling; NPDES permits; public education for stormwater pollution.

Stormwater quality hotline 865-215-4147; emergency investigations of spills and leaks.

Drainage complaints & investigations, coordination of city drainage improvement projects.

Technical Services counter, 865-215-2103 (maps, engineering plans, ward maps, city block numbers, GIS topographic maps, subdivision plats, public rights-of-way, survey control data)

Streetlights (planning, inspection, coordination, complaints)

Traffic Engineering Division
1400 Loraine Street
865-215-6100

Maintains and replaces traffic signals, pavement markings, and street signs.

Conducts regular inspections and inventory of city traffic infrastructure. Investigate traffic complaints.

Miscellaneous design projects for traffic signals, pavement markings, and street signs.

Monitors traffic accidents and traffic volumes throughout the city.

Manages and maintains the city parking meters.

Works with neighborhood groups, TDOT and state agencies concerning traffic issues.

Online Mapping

Online maps are now available from KnoxNetWhere?, an interactive KGIS website that can display property ownership, addresses, parcel IDs, CLT map numbers, districts, wards, voting precincts, school zones, buildings, streets, land use zoning, city and county limits, recorded deed references, etc.