Widening plans announced by the Tennessee Department of Transportation proportion of W. Elk Ave. in Elizabethton will kill the long planned northern bypass highway project. More than 27,000 vehicles daily pass between Holly Lane and N. Roan St. on W. Elk Ave. in Elizabethton. Mayor Curt Alexander explains property acquisition of right-of-way will delay the start of the work until 2015. The project will cost $13.5 million and include resurfacing from W. G St. down Broad Street to the intersection of U-S 19E. T-DOT says it will take from a year, to a year and a half to complete widening and safety improvement once work begins.(CS)