Roberts Mill Road Beauty And Beasts Tuesday, April 6, 2021
During a recent trip up Roberts Mill Road in Falling Water, I was pleased to see the myriad of wildflowers starting their course of blooms; Virginia Bluebells, Trillium and Buckeye are some of the first of our native wildflowers to greet the motorists who use this narrow, winding mountain trail. Unfortunately the early bloom of the Tennessee litterbug has overtaken the natural beauty of this area with copious amounts of garbage which is flung out of vehicles to the point where the view is destroyed by the filth of others.
This area is a no-man’s land sitting in Hamilton County but not within a municipal area. Who should be contacted to see that this area is picked up? No one seems to have an answer.
New Mayor, Please Clean Up The Mess At The Bottom Of Lookout Mountain Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The areas along the roadsides of Scenic Highway, Ochs Highway, Cummings Highway and Old Wauhatchie Pike have long been neglected in the regular maintenance by the Chattanooga Public Works. Even with repeated, orchestrated efforts on behalf of concerned citizens contacting 311, the regular maintenance for rights of way for these roads has not been cared for with any regularity.
TDOT pays the city of Chattanooga to maintain the ROW along these roads within the city limits, but the efforts given during the reign of the current administration have been feckless and half-hearted, at best.