The state’s new plan to alleviate traffic on Interstate 24 around Moccasin Bend will include traditional and pay-to-drive “choice lanes.” But what will the combined design look like?
Planning is preliminary on the new pay-to-drive lanes that will be maintained by private investors but owned by the state, according to an email from Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesperson Rae Anne Bradley.
“TDOT is still in the early stages of determining exactly where and when the future choice lanes will be, but we are looking at some of the state’s most congested, urban areas to see where they can have the biggest impact,” Bradley said. “The proposed choice lanes project for the Chattanooga area is I-24 near Moccasin Bend.”
The state also has a traditional widening project planned for I-24 spanning from the state line near Wildwood, Georgia, to the U.S. Highway 27 interchange on Moccasin Bend, she said.
“Due to its size, the project was broken up into several smaller projects, with the first being from Browns Ferry to U.S. 27 currently in preliminary engineering,” Bradley said.