DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Anything that happens will take time because it has to go through the appropriate channels and get the needed approvals. The Dandridge Growth Boundary Committee is already moving in that direction as they prepare for the local population to increase.
An urban growth boundary is a geographical limit to separate areas of urban development from surrounding rural or agricultural land.
“Dandridge formally submitted a resolution to the growth boundary committee to kind of start the process,” Dandridge town administrator Chris Shockley said. “We were able to work with the East Tennessee Development District on preparing some maps and doing some things that gave us an idea as to where the boundary would be or could be.”
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The boundary is located just west of Dandridge to Exit 412 on I-40. The resolution Shockley mentioned was adopted and passed on September 10. Shockley said this process will take time…