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“We opened up our first traffic center,” Alarcon said, and called it the place INDOT will use “to be able to fix, run the signals better.” She said the center has already supported special‑event signal adjustments in coordination with Metro Nashville Police Department.

Alarcon said a Chime‑funded fiber network will enable adaptive signalization that can reduce delay and increase the number of green lights drivers encounter. She cautioned, however, that network and signal changes require time: “Please don't expect it next year because it takes a while to do all of this. But I would say maybe in 2… maybe in the next 2 years, you're gonna start seeing those improvements.”

The department described work from a phase‑1 smart grant — a “light ladder” system tested on Clarksville that creates anonymized movement boxes for modes of travel — and said phase 2 will extend those analytics along Nolensville to support a Safe Streets for All grant. INDOT also cited a HAWK crosswalk installation and an LED streetlight conversion with NES that it said corresponded with safety improvements on a high‑injury corridor.

Council members asked about timing and phasing. Alarcon and her staff said fiber installation is already under way on Nolensville and that pilot work and phased rollouts are expected; formal schedules and community advisory board review will be part of implementation. No council vote or formal contract award was taken at the hearing.

Alarcon also warned the committee that bridge maintenance will need attention in the capital spending plan after recent inspections flagged deterioration.

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Alarcon said the department's parking revenue grew from about $800,000 in the years before pay‑machines to $3.68 million last year and that INDOT expects to “be hitting above 5,000,000” this year. “All of these dollars, when we take out the expenses, the net income actually goes back into infrastructure,” she said.

Alarcon gave a specific example: INDOT is preparing to add protected bike lanes on the Jefferson Street bridge and said the work will be paid for with net parking funds. The department also proposed adding compliance inspectors in the parking special purpose fund to manage enforcement and residential permit program requests.

Council members raised concerns about balancing parking revenue goals with street‑level access for customers and businesses. Alarcon said INDOT is working with business groups and neighborhood stakeholders and watching short‑term parking availability: “Short term parking is so important to have on the street so the turns happen. And if someone's coming for a long term, we want them in the garage.”

The department described a pilot with downtown partners offering reduced garage rates for event attendees; Alarcon referenced a test tied to a professional hockey game where attendees could park in participating garages for $18 with a ticket. She said INDOT plans to continue experimenting with business‑facing programs and to coordinate with private garage owners and WeGo Transit.

There was no council action at the hearing. INDOT staff said they will return with additional stakeholder outreach and program details that address availability, pricing and business impacts.

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Alarcon said the department “actually went out and did a fee study,” noting the last comprehensive update to many permit fees dated to 02/2003. She told members that fees under review include lane‑closure permits, special‑event permits and right‑of‑way excavation permits — categories INDOT says have not covered their full costs for two decades.

The proposed operating and transfer totals discussed at the hearing were roughly $88,000,000. INDOT presented a package of staffing requests that it says are tied directly to the fee changes: additional finance and capital management support, traffic‑signal maintenance technicians, right‑of‑way inspectors, enforcement/compliance inspectors, and positions to staff the transportation management/traffic operations center. The department also described parallel staffing tied to the Chime fiber and systems project.

Alarcon said the department will phase the fee increases so that they do not jump in a single year. “We actually will be bringing an ordinance to you to do a tier. So we're looking to do the fee increase over 3 years,” she told the committee.

Deputy Director Brad Fries and others told the committee INDOT is trying to shift recurring work now done by contractors into city staff. Fries said the department currently spends “around…4,000,000 a year” on labor to install traffic‑calming and related field elements and that bringing work in‑house could produce savings over time.

Committee members pressed for detail on timing and risk. One council member asked whether INDOT was funding positions based on revenue the council has not yet approved. Alarcon answered that the council must still vote on any fee ordinance and that hiring for positions tied to fee revenue would not proceed if the council did not approve the increases: “If we pass it, you're able to hire the positions that you need. If we don't pass it, then you just cannot hire the positions, and that money would then not be in the budget.”

Discussion — not action — covered how many positions would be ongoing operating roles versus capital‑funded consultant replacements; council members asked staff and finance to return with a clearer plan showing how operating and capital budgets would be adjusted if work is brought in‑house. No ordinance or motion to adopt fees or to add positions was taken at the hearing.

The committee directed follow‑up questions to INDOT and to the finance office; staff said they will return with detailed line‑item costs, timelines for proposed hires, and comparisons of contractor versus in‑house costs.

Speakers quoted and cited in this article are limited to those who spoke at the hearing and are listed in the speakers section below.","Diana Alarcon, director of INDOT, told the Budget & Finance committee INDOT completed a fee study and proposes a three‑year, tiered fee increase to fund roughly $88 million in expenditures and new staff positions. Council approval of the fee ordinance is required before positions tied to the fee revenue can be hired.","actionData","errors"]

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INDOT outlines Chime fiber project, traffic management center and smart‑grant work to cut signal delay

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INDOT proposes phased fee increases to fund new inspectors, operations staff