From Main Street to Bailey Avenue, Chattanooga has plans for updating Orchard Knob Avenue with its new pavement program using scientific analysis.BY THE NUMBERS• 2,600: Number of unique streets in Chattanooga• 2,300: Miles of road in Chattanooga• $2 million: Allocated to paving management last year• $5 million: Paving request for the coming yearSource: Chattanooga
Shawn Malone knows the roads in Chattanooga.
He and his wife routinely ride their sports bikes up and down city streets and main roads. He has a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle that he made into a lowrider and it feels every bump.
The good news is Malone doesn’t feel many bumps in the roads around Chattanooga.
“I’ve seen a lot of other places where the roads are a lot worse,” he said. “But there’s some places that need attention.”