NEWPORT - The Sevierville, TN Chamber of Commerce and the
Cocke County Partnership will present 1-40 Open Access: Rockslide Conference on
Thursday, September 9, at the Mountain Crest Inn in Newport, TN .
The goals of this meeting, which begins at 9 a.m., are to
lay groundwork for developing an emergency response plan to future rock slide
situations, which would focus on establishing better communication between DOT
officials, businesses and visitors and address potential prevention measures
against future slides. This will be a large event bringing together business
leaders from Knox County to Buncombe County with local, state and federal
elected officials, representatives from NCDOT and TDOT and representatives from
AAA.
For more details, please see the latest edition of The Newport Plain Talk.
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