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Council votes to pause development across Cherry Lane corridor for up to nine months pending master plan study
Summary
The Murfreesboro City Council voted unanimously Feb. 13 to suspend development approvals in a broad Cherry Lane/I-24 corridor area for roughly six to nine months while staff advances a master plan examining transportation, utilities and floodplain constraints.
The Murfreesboro City Council voted on Feb. 13 to pause development approvals across a broad corridor around Cherry Lane and the I-24 interchange while the city pursues a comprehensive master plan to coordinate transportation, utilities and floodplain constraints.
Darren (city staff development lead) and planning staff told the council the pause responds to uncertainty created by the Tennessee Department of Transportation's "choice lane" project for I-24 and by other physical constraints including CSX railroad alignment, Overall Creek, West Fork Stones River and extensive 100-year floodplain in the corridor. Staff said piecemeal permitting could leave the city with a mismatched road and utility network if the interchange concept changes.
"We just feel like this is a 50-year…
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