The approximately four-mile project to widen Apison Pike from Ooltewah-Ringgold Road to East Brainerd road is now entering the first stages as other phases of an extensive overhaul of the corridor reach various levels of completeness.
Phase 1 will connect Apison Pike to Interstate 75 around the point of Old Lee Highway.
TDOT project manager James Ball and Collegedale residents Cloey Williams and Paul Haynes, from left, look over a map of the upcoming project to widen Apison Pike from Ooltewah-Ringgold Road to East Brainerd Road.“You’ll see action on that pretty soon,” TDOT community relations officer Jennifer Flynn said, adding that construction should be complete by 2011.
Phase 2 will widen Apison Pike from just past Old Lee Highway to just past Ooltewah-Ringgold Road into five lanes. A public design meeting will be held sometime this winter.
Public comment will also be used as the Phase 3 portion progresses to the design phase.