New Traffic Signal at Ringgold Road and McDonald Road

Starting today, and lasting for an additional 10 days, the newly erected traffic signal at McDonald Road and Ringgold Road will be on flash mode to give drivers an opportunity to be aware of the new traffic signal. This signal will service the newly constructed Life Care Center, the I-75 Flea Market, along with Wally’s Restaurant and several hotels and the Antique Mall District.

On June 28, the traffic signal will go into operation permanently. This traffic signal will be an addition to the upcoming Exit 1 reconfiguration and will sync with all the other traffic signals along Ringgold Road. This will help with heavy traffic flow or any reroutes that may occur due to vehicle crashes on the interstate.

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.