East Brainerd residents have voiced concerns about the intersection of Ooltewah-Ringgold Road and East Brainerd Road, stating that it needs a solution to daily traffic back-ups.
Sitting on the porch of their Windstone home Friday, Nancy and Larry VanWassenhove speak about the difficulties area residents have with the intersection of Ooltewah-Ringgold Road and East Brainerd Road.Sit in any Hamilton County finance committee meeting and you will quickly learn that most infrastructure and road work is routine business.
While the occasional $1.3 million price tag for W Road repairs makes waves through the community, turn lanes, traffic lights and other relatively inexpensive purchases are rubber-stamped without a fuss.
But to those directly affected, a $23,000 turn lane can mean a lot.
Hamilton County commissioners passed one such resolution last week that residents say could improve their quality of life.
Commissioners OK’d a contract increase with Volkert to design and add left turn lanes on the north- and southbound lanes of Ooltewah-Ringgold Road at East Brainerd Road — where residents say morning and afternoon traffic has nearly reached critical mass.