Hemlock Semiconductor Celebrates Opening of New Four-Lane County Road
Hemlock Semiconductor Celebrates Opening of New Four-Lane County Road
Cutting the ribbon for the new road to the Hemlock Semiconductor site, from left to right: Site Manager Terry Strange, TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely, Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper, Montgomery County Mayor Carolyn Bowers, State Representative Curtis Johnson, State Representative Joe Pitts and Expansion Project Director Jim Russo.
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Hemlock Semiconductor Group and the Tennessee Department of Transportation dedicated and opened Solar Way, a new four-lane county road leading to the Hemlock Semiconductor site in northeast Montgomery County, on July 15.
The construction workforce at Hemlock Semiconductor's site in Clarksville continues to grow with more than 650 people working to build the new facility each day, which is more than double the approximately 300 workers who were on-site in March. The total construction workforce is expected to top 1,000 by early 2011.
The two mile public road provides more convenient access for vehicles traveling between the Hemlock Semiconductor site and Interstate 24. Solar Way connects Highway 79 to the site and continues to Jim Johnson Road.
The road represents a construction milestone as Hemlock Semiconductor builds the $1.2 billion facility to meet a 2012 start-up date. The plant will produce polysilicon, the base material for solar panels. This project reflects the worldwide demand for solar energy and represents one of Tennessee's largest manufacturing investments.
Hemlock Semiconductor will ultimately hire approximately 500 full-time operations employees. The majority of this hiring will take place starting in 2011 through early 2012.
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