Cars back up last December during the holiday rush at Amazon in Enterprise South industrial park. With more workers being hired this year at both Amazon and Volkswagen, the city is planning to expand lanes and parking facilities for the growing companies.Work could start within weeks on the latest effort to help Volkswagen and Amazon workers avoid traffic snarls during the busy holiday season.
Nearly 7,000 workers are expected to be on the job by Christmas at the VW and Amazon facilities in Enterprise South industrial park.
Amazon began interviewing workers Monday for the first of 250 full-time jobs the company is adding this fall, and thousands more could be hired for temporary jobs in the company’s Chattanooga and Charleston, Tenn., distribution centers within the next couple of months.
Already this week, more than 100 people have applied for one of the new Amazon jobs.
At the Career Center on Tuesday, Eric Kyles said he just moved to Chattanooga from St. Louis, and an Amazon job would be a good fit for him.