Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield said today he is delaying plans for a downtown parking garage to serve TVA employees and other downtown workers.
The mayor had included $6.5 million in his proposed capital budget, but City Council members objected to the request.
In 2008, Littlefield pledged to TVA to build a 1,000-space parking garage either in the 1000 block of Market Street on the former Civic Forum block or next to the Convention and Trade Center parking garage. The mayor sent a letter of intent for the downtown parking facility as part of the city’s negotiations to keep TVA’s Chattanooga Office Complex and its 2,600 employees in downtown Chattanooga.
Details in tomorrow’s Times Free Press