Post by CMF Newsman on Jan 18, 2012 11:44:23 GMT -5
Billboards are popping up alongside a new but unopened stretch of Volkswagen Drive and Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield says the city's plan for a "scenic corridor" has been "degraded."
But there's nothing he can do to stop it.
"The most disturbing point in the matter is that the area now being degraded would have been protected if not for resistance and delay in the city's annexation plans," Littlefield, who is out of town, said in an email. "In settling the lawsuits, annexation of the area in question does not become effective until the end of this year."
East-West Media, based in Athens, Tenn., is erecting three billboards east of exit 9 along the Volkswagen Drive extension to Apison Pike near its intersection with Old Lee Highway. On Dec. 6, the county issued permits for three new signs.
Read more: timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jan/18/signs-arent-scenic-littlefield-says/
But there's nothing he can do to stop it.
"The most disturbing point in the matter is that the area now being degraded would have been protected if not for resistance and delay in the city's annexation plans," Littlefield, who is out of town, said in an email. "In settling the lawsuits, annexation of the area in question does not become effective until the end of this year."
East-West Media, based in Athens, Tenn., is erecting three billboards east of exit 9 along the Volkswagen Drive extension to Apison Pike near its intersection with Old Lee Highway. On Dec. 6, the county issued permits for three new signs.
Read more: timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jan/18/signs-arent-scenic-littlefield-says/