​Beginning Monday, November 3, 2025, the restrooms in Jack Greene Park will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. This will be in effect until further notice. 

The cities of Alcoa and Maryville are moving forward with plans for the expansion of the Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant — a project slated to develop in phases over the next 10 years.

The Maryville Public Building Authority (PBA) on Thursday reviewed the results of a Request for Proposals the city issued for the project in August.

The PBA approved a contract for pre-construction services with the Alabama-based firm Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC.  Under the $550,000 contract, Brasfield & Gorrie would work with design consultant Jacobs Engineering to provide design recommendations, cost modeling, scheduling, and contractor coordination prior to the actual start of the construction project. The city expects to have the expansion design documents finalized by January 2027.)
Expansion plans include upgrades to the industrial-grade equipment used for the liquid and solid phases of wastewater treatment, as well as improvements to the on-site support facility.

The plant, located at 4541 Wheeler Road in Louisville, has been a shared facility between the two cities since the 1970s. The utility treats an average of 11 million gallons of water per day, serving approximately 26,000 residential and commercial customers in Alcoa, Maryville, and the Knox-Chapman Utility District.

Improvements to the plant are necessary to increase the operational capacity of the plant and maintain the standards required by community as well as federal and state regulations. The expansion will offer advancements in wastewater treatment technology, efficiency, and capacity. 

“This collaborative effort between our communities for this critical infrastructure will save millions while allowing us to improve the way we provide wastewater treatment services in our area,” said Maryville Assistant City Manager Kevin Stoltenberg. “The cities are working together to determine all available funding sources, including potential bond issuance and federal grants in an effort to minimize the project’s impact on customer water and sewer rates.”

At today’s work session, the City of Alcoa’s Board of Commissioners reviewed a rate structure designed to help fund their share of the project cost. The City of Maryville will also implement rate increases for their share of the costs, however the amount and timing is still to be determined.

“While our approaches may differ at times, our partnership with the City of Maryville ensures we’re working together to deliver this complex project in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible,” said Alcoa City Manager Bruce Applegate. “We couldn’t ask for a better partner to navigate the technical challenges of this project.”
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The pre-construction phase of the project is expected to last through January 2027, and the cities hope to have the new facility fully functional by 2035.

​Contractors for the City of Maryville will begin pressure washing downtown parking garages starting Monday, October 27, 2025.

• Monday, October 27: The West Harper Avenue parking garage will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Tuesday, October 28: The first two levels of the parking garage on West Broadway (next to Bluetick Tavern, entrance on West Church Avenue) will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The top level will remain open for public use.
• Wednesday, October 29: The East Harper parking garage will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, contact the Katie Kerr at 865-273-3460.

East Tennessee Natural Gas will be working to repair gas lines near Rural King over the next two weeks starting on Monday, October 13, 2025. Crews will continue this first phase of work until the end of the day on Thursday, October 16. On Tuesday, October 21, the second phase of work will begin and should be wrapped up sometime on Friday, October 24.   
 
This work will be done in the southbound lane of McCammon Ave., resulting in an around the clock lane closure for both phases. Southbound traffic will be detoured to N. Calderwood St. while crews are present in the work zone.
 
For questions or concerns call East Tennessee Natural Gas at (704) 796-1005.
 

The City of Maryville Electric Department will close the east bound lane of E. Church Ave. from S. Cusick Street to Court Street. on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 8:45 a.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m. while they work on an electrical issue. 
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For more information, contact the Electric Department at 865-273-3300.