City to Begin Resurfacing Streets on Monday, March 27

The City of East Ridge will begin resurfacing several side streets beginning next week.

According to a press release, the project will begin on Monday, March 27 and could take up to three weeks to complete.

The roads being resurfaced are:

Prigmore Road
Lee Street
DuPont Street
Astor Lane
Maryland Drive
Keeble Street
Blocker Lane
Blackhawk Trail

Officials said the resurfacing project is being done by Talley Construction at a cost of almost $950,000.

None of the roads will be completely closed to traffic during this project, officials said. Flagmen will be out directing traffic, while some detour signs may be deployed. City officials urge motorists to use caution while traveling these streets during the resurfacing project.

Officials said this project is the first of many resurfacing projects the City has planned, using State Street Aid funds generated by gas taxes. The goal is to resurface clusters of streets each year until all roads in East Ridge are in sound condition.

If residents have questions about the resurfacing project they are urged to call City Hall at 867-7711.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.