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November 2018

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018

Construction Starts at Fort Dickerson Augusta Quarry

The Augusta Avenue entrance to Fort Dickerson Park and adjacent quarry lake is closed as preliminary work begins on $1.77 million in quarry access improvements. The Augusta Quarry project includes a gateway with stone walls, a paved parking lot, additional landscaping complementing the existing forestry, and infrastructure to support future phases to improve the quarry lake.

The Augusta Quarry project is largely made possible through an investment from the Aslan Foundation, which paid for the design and planning work of this project as well as $330,000 toward its construction. Utilizing the design and planning funding donated by the Aslan Foundation, Sanders Pace Architecture and Port Urbanism collaborated with the City of Knoxville through creative, interactive public meetings, which informed the final design.

The project is part of the Knoxville Battlefield Loop masterplan completed by Sanders Pace Architecture and PORT Urbanism.  Learn more about that project HERE.

And you can ind the City of Knoxville press release for the Augusta Quarry project HERE.

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