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Committee approves amended agreement for separated East Nashville bike lanes; advocate praises outreach
Summary
The committee approved an amendment to an intergovernmental agreement to increase construction funding for separated bike lanes in East Nashville and heard public comment praising community engagement on the linked bikeway projects.
The Transportation & Infrastructure Committee approved an amendment to an intergovernmental agreement with the Tennessee Department of Transportation to increase construction funding for separated bike lanes in East Nashville (RS2025‑1199). The amendment raises the construction cost share for both Metro and TDOT; Metro's local match for this project is larger than typical federal projects.
Wesley Smith, programs director at WalkBike Nashville, told the committee he supports the project and praised the community engagement used to design the East Nashville spokes and connected bikeways. “I think this is a great project. I'm fully in support of it,” Smith said, and asked the committee to use the same level of public engagement on future projects such as East Bank Boulevard.
Matt Purvis, NDOT council liaison, said the amendment mainly reflects increases in construction costs since the project was originally awarded in 2018 and design updates that meet current industry standards for concrete protection. He said, “we're in the middle of design now... roughly a year or so until construction is what we're looking at,” and that federal funding decisions for some grant components remain pending. The project is funded by a mix of local funds, a surface transportation block grant, and other program matches.
The committee voted to recommend approval, 9‑0. Purvis said design is underway and right‑of‑way acquisition remains a variable in the construction timeline.
