VW Shifts Chattanooga Tennessee Groundbreaking to March 2009

January 3, 2009; Mike Pare writing for The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that groundbreaking for Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant has shifted to March, a couple of months later than the January time frame the company initially planned.

According to Volkswagen personnel, board members for the German automaker want to take part in the groundbreaking but can't fit it into their schedules this month.

"The board members for Volkswagen AG want to attend and, unfortunately, we couldn't get all the schedules to coordinate until March," said Jill Bratina, Volkswagen Group of America's corporate communications director.

The event is "a ceremonial groundbreaking," and construction on the $1 billion auto assembly plant at Enterprise South industrial park is ongoing, she said.

"The project is still on schedule," Ms. Bratina said.

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