Last week, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander toured Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park with Chief Ranger Todd Roeder. In his newsletter, Alexander said the men talked about the park’s $23 million maintenance backlog and his work with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to begin to eliminate the deferred maintenance backlog, which is $11.6 billion nationwide.
Chatanooga Times Free Press reporter Mark Pace has the details here.