The go-ahead by officials to issue debt to pay for most of the Chattanooga Lookouts future stadium is expected to jump-start work with new infrastructure at the old foundry site, paving the way for construction.
The South Broad District tract that held U.S. Pipe and Wheland Foundry operations for more than a century will soon undergo an extensive upgrade, including a major new stormwater line that will run under nearby Interstate 24, an official said.
“A portion of the U.S. Pipe site drains to the city’s combined sewer,” City Engineer Bill Payne said in an interview. “We’ll separate this out. It will help reduce operating costs for the wastewater plant and reduce the risk of a combined sewer overflow.”
The official said plans are to drill under I-24 for the new line.
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