The U.S. General Services Administration officially broke ground on a new federal courthouse in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. The facility will consolidate the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and the Circuit Library into a single central location.
The approximately 191,000-square-foot courthouse is expected to reach substantial completion in 2030 at a cost of $282 million. It will include seven courtrooms, nine judges' chambers, secure interior parking spaces, and dedicated space for the U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Marshals Service.
Chief Judge Travis R. McDonough of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee said, "This ceremony marks the culmination of decades of hope and effort into reality."
The project is among the inaugural courthouses designed under President Trump's Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again Executive Order, which promotes beautiful civic architecture.