‘Frustrated’ Whitehaven residents hear Elvis Presley Boulevard project may last until 2031

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 02, 2026 10:55 PM CT | Published: June 02, 2026 10:43 PM CT

A standing-room only crowd in Whitehaven heard that the Elvis Presley Boulevard project, begun in 2013, may last another five years.

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Whitehaven Elvis Presley Boulevard Raumesh Akbari Drake Danley Doug McGowen streetscape Beverly Davis Lougenia Nesbitt Patricia Ball

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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