The so-called Yellow Brick Road through Chattanooga’s Enterprise South industrial park may get detoured.
City officials said the potential change to the planned road’s route, along with other work, will improve links to Volkswagen’s massive auto assembly plant, open up the rest of the industrial park and speed traffic in the area.
Rather than run the roadway behind the VW plant to tie into state Highway 58, planners are looking at widening Hickory Valley Road from two lanes to three or even five through Enterprise South.
“It’s a much better option and realistic,” said Steve Leach, the city’s public works administrator. The original route requires an expensive, elevated road over a large wetlands, he said.
Also, a new state road is under study to connect Highway 58 directly to the rear of VW’s supplier park. It would give VW better access to Highway 58 and Highway 153.