Chattanooga is getting ready to borrow $24 million for four clean-water projects under the city’s consent decree, and is asking the public to weigh in.
The bulk of that money – $17 million – will go toward improvements in the Dobbs Branch Basin, which runs roughly west from the foot of Missionary Ridge. It passes near Oak Grove, East Lake and Park City before joining Chattanooga Creek on the south side of Interstate 24.
The rest will go to rehabilitate sewer lines in the South Chickamauga Creek area and build a new wastewater pump station at the Riverport near the Hamilton County Election Commission, also serving the South Chickamauga Creek area.
If you go
What: Public hearing on $24 million loan application for city sewer improvementsWhen: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13Where: Development Resource Center, 1250 S. Market St.More information: bit.ly/ClearChattanooga, or call Jeffrey A. Rose, 423-643-7400
Sanitary sewer water escapes out of a manhole on East 23rd Street after heavy rains moved through the Chattanooga area April 2015.Jeffrey Rose, director of the Waste Resources Division in Chattanooga’s Public Works Department, said the city is applying for the low-interest loan from the state’s Clean Water Revolving Fund.