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Board approves Ovation and REM rezonings after extended traffic debate
Summary
After public comment and expert testimony about projected congestion, the Franklin Board approved rezoning for the Ovation and REM projects; the Ovation rezoning passed 7-1 and the REM rezoning passed unanimously.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Thursday to approve two development rezonings in the Cool Springs area after an extended public discussion focused on traffic impacts.
Ordinance 2025-20 (Ovation) to rezone roughly 103.93 acres passed 7-1. Ordinance 2025-22 (REM) to rezone about 27.19 acres passed unanimously. Both items had been pulled from the consent agenda for discussion and drew multiple public speakers and technical testimony on traffic studies.
Residents and an independent traffic engineer urged the board to reject or scale back the Ovation plan, saying multiple nearby intersections would operate at failing levels once the projects were built. Clive Grama, a retired traffic engineer who said he reviewed the materials, told the board "your own study shows 5 level of service intersections that are F"…
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