Taryn Ball, left, and Haley Dalrymple walk with their children along a section of the Tennessee Riverpark late Monday morning.
Chattanooga RiverwalkThe state will dole out $2.3 million to help pay for an extension of the Tennessee Riverwalk from Ross’s Landing to St. Elmo and the foot of Lookout Mountain, Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday.
The money will be well spent on the Riverwalk, Haslam said, calling the walkway a jewel of Chattanooga and Hamilton County. Extending the Riverwalk from the Chickamauga Dam to Lookout Mountain will reinforce the attraction as the prime greenway in Tennessee.
“That’s a long stretch of greenway, unparalleled,” said Haslam during a news conference on a pier at the 21st Century Waterfront.
The $2.3 million, which comes through federal enhancement funds that the state administers, adds to almost $10 million already collected for the extension.
There are two extensions in the works. One would stretch from Renaissance Park on the north side of the Tennessee River and end at Moccasin Bend National Park, while the St. Elmo/Lookout Mountain project is the second.