Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The University of Tennessee Medical Center announced an expansion project for its emergency room Friday.

American Medical Response (AMR), Knox County’s ambulance provider, says the expansion will help with response times which have been a problem in the past.

The expansion promises to double the emergency department’s footprint and establish a dedicated area just for processing patients who take ambulances to the hospital. It’ll be the largest expansion for UT Medical Center since 2001.

The new emergency center will be called the Haslam Family Center for Emergency and Trauma Services in line with what UT officials say is the largest private gift they’ve ever received; that gift came from the Haslam family, earning their name on the building. The project is also funded in part by a state grant.