Ringgold Road Westbound Lane Closure

Beginning on Monday, Feb. 27, Talley Construction crews will close the outside westbound lane on Ringgold Road between Belvoir Avenue and Weldon Drive on the north side of the highway.

According to a press release by the City of East Ridge, Chattanooga Gas Company will continue its gas line relocation operation along the street. The press release did not state how long the lane would remain closed.

During the closure, motorists are urged to pay close attention to roadside workers and to expect delays in travel time.

In the event of an emergency, please contact the East Ridge Police Department at 423-622-1725 or dial 911.

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.