KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — Knox County is set to widen a road to make way for a new elementary school.
The Knox County Board of Education voted Wednesday night to buy land on Coward Mill Road in northwest Knox County for the school.
Knox County engineers said right now, school buses are too wide for that road and it doesn't have sidewalks.
The county commissioned a study to make fixes.
Those leaders agreed to split the cost with the district.
Each will chip-in about $2.25 million.
The plan is to widen the road and add walkways so students can get to school safely.
The project should kick-off a year from now and the school is expected to open a year after that in August 2022.