Brace yourself, Chattanooga drivers.
What we’re about to tell you might make you cry, curse or cheer depending on how you feel about orange barrels.
Tennessee’s Transportation Improvement Program updated plan for fiscal years 2022-2024 contains work on phase 2 of the Interstate 24/Interstate 75 “Split” project. The plan was released April 28.
“[The work] will take place at some point after the current project is completed in late summer 2021,” Tennessee Department of Transportation Region 2 spokesperson Jennifer Flynn said. “This phase will include improving and widening the I-24 corridor from the Spring Creek Road bridge to west of Belvoir Avenue and some additional work along I-75 to near the East Brainerd Road interchange.”
The three-year transportation program announced by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and TDOT Commissioner Clay Bright contains about $2.6 billion in infrastructure investments for 68 individual project phases in 45 counties statewide.