Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-155

Section 54-12-154 is not intended to repeal any portion of this chapter, but is intended to furnish an additional method of proceeding, to bring the parties concerned before the court in seeking to establish a road improvement district, and to leave the petitioners for the district to their option whether they will proceed under other provisions of this chapter or under § 54-12-154 in giving notice to the parties of the hearing, and in bringing them before the court.