SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. – City leaders finally have the money to fix a problem that has plagued residents along South Pittsburg Mountain’s Raulstontown Road for almost three years.
When heavy rains caused a flash flood in South Pittsburg in July 2013, the damage also caused a section of the road to begin sliding slowly off the side of the mountain.
The curvy road has been reduced to one lane ever since, leaving residents frustrated.
City Administrator Sammy Burrows said in March the bid for the repair project was $224,000.
At the April meeting of the South Pittsburg City Commission, he said the original bids for the repairs came in around $245,000, but a rebid got the price down to $196,000 from Curl Construction & Excavating in Wartrace, Tenn.