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Commission approves code changes to adopt NDOT access-management manual; commissioners seek clearer notice and appeal timelines
Summary
The Traffic & Parking Commission recommended approval of revised municipal code language to consolidate access-related requirements into an NDOT access management manual and approved deletion of specified code sections, while asking for clearer public-notice, appeal timing and safety clarifications.
The Metro Nashville Traffic & Parking Commission voted to recommend changes to municipal code chapter 13 that would consolidate access management rules into a new Nashville Department of Transportation (NDOT) Access Management Manual.
NDOT staff presented the manual’s goals: to consolidate conflicting access-related language currently split between chapter 13 and chapter 17 of the municipal code, provide urban-context standards that reference — and do not conflict with — TDOT guidance for state-jurisdiction roads, and add a documented waiver and appeal process for applicants. Melissa Hayes of NDOT and Meredith King of Arcadis led the presentation and summarized…
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