A greenway trail expansion on South Chickamauga Creek is facing a two-month delay.
Engineers must redesign a bridge and move it away from its original location, said Larry Zehnder, the city’s parks and recreation director.
“We’re about six weeks to two months behind schedule,” Zehnder said. The new opening date is “maybe midsummer,” he said.
He the bridge must be moved because there is loose rock in the original path. He said redesigning the bridge will save about $70,000 and the new location is a shorter distance across the creek.
The 2.6-mile expansion of the South Chickamauga Greenway began early last year. It will add two sections at a cost of $2.9 million. Some portions already exist – one around the Brainerd Levee and the other around the Waterhouse subdivision off Harrison Pike.