Seagle: ‘Cart Before the Horse’

July 13, 2016 will go down in East Ridge History as the opening day for BASS PRO SHOP within the Camp Jordan Parkway.

Another part of East Ridge history will be the traffic problems within Exit One off interstate 75 North & South. The traffic is expected to reach capacity of the egress into Bass Pro Shop early that day with long traffic lines off Highway 41 as well as exit ramps off I-75/I-24 in both directions.

The Tennessee and Georgia Highway patrols will be required to keep traffic moving and the East Ridge Police Department will set up uniform patrol officers to assist in this traffic congestion.

The old saying “the cart came before the horse” will be repeated in print, T.V., radio and short-wave transmissions. Expect much media coverage of this traffic congestion and long wait time periods to travel Ringgold Road.

Regress to a previous travel condition at Exit One to its previous condition is expected to be 18-24 months from July 13, 2016. Drive safely and obey all traffic signals and police counseling.

_ Don Seagle

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.

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