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"I was very impressed with what's being done," said County Commission Chairman Bill Hullander, who observed that, at one point in the work, 72,000 square yards of dirt was removed in one day.
County Commissioner Richard Casavant called the tour "mind-boggling and very exciting," considering the impact the VW plant will have on the community.
"We're a Southern dynamo now," he said.
About 150 workers from four contractors are working at the 1,350-acre Enterprise South industrial park site, according to Ben Wilson, superintendent of the Hamilton County Highway Department. VW officials have said they'd like to pour the first concrete at the site by early November.
Mr. Wilson said workers are taking pride in what they're doing at the site and having a little fun, too.
"They like those big toys," he said.
Mr. Ramsey said some city and county employees still are pitching in for various jobs as well.
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ramsey pointed out the locations of several future landmarks, such as where the Poe Branch waterway will be rerouted, the ramp where employees will enter the VW plant and areas where suppliers can set up shop.
The site represents a lot of opportunity for aspiring workers, County Commissioner Warren Mackey said.
"When I was 17 years old, I moved to Detroit to work in the automobile industry," he said. "And now that this is coming in, it simply tells me that a lot of those young kids who are ambitious and talented, they can stay at home and make their contribution."
Volkswagen is planning to hire about 2,000 employees for the plant, which will begin production in 2011.
Dr. Casavant said having so many well-paid, insured employees will bring gains to several areas of the economy, including health care.
At Thursday's County Commission meetings, commissioners voted unanimously to approve a contract that would provide $1.25 million in state grant funds for site improvements over the next five years. The county and city have agreed to a local match of $533,716 in in-kind funds.
City and county workers have been preparing the site for at least two months now, since before Volkswagen announced July 15 that it would build its plant in Chattanooga.
At a lunch before the tour, Mr. Ramsey related a story about how, when VW was still deciding on where to build, a company official said, "We can't see your site" because of trees on the Enterprise South property.
"We said, 'You'll be able to see it,'" Mr. Ramsey said.
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