Costs are increasing by nearly $1 million for the city of East Ridge’s road widening project on North Mack Smith Road from Ringgold Road to the southern access point to the CHI Memorial Stadium and Gateway development.
Plans for the project now call for four lanes heading northbound from Ringgold Road to the curve near the Budgetel and East Ridge Residence senior living community, where it will narrow to three lanes and then transition to two lanes as it gets closer to the Gateway project, interim City Manager Scott Miller said.
Eight parcels of property adjacent to North Mack Smith Road totaling about 32,000 square feet, or a little more than half an acre, need to be acquired by the city for the work to begin, Miller said.
According to local commercial real estate appraiser High Rock Valuation, the appraised value of the property is around $750,000, Miller said.
The cost to the city would include a 10% contingency fee, for a total of $876,829.