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Public commenter urges safety after Nolensville Pike deaths as committee accepts Safe Streets grant
Summary
A public commenter read the names of pedestrians and cyclists killed on Nolensville Pike and urged the city to use grant funds to prevent future fatalities. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets for All grant for Nolensville Pike as part of the consent agenda.
A public commenter read aloud the names of pedestrians and cyclists killed between Craighead and Haywood on Nolensville Pike and urged the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to use grant funding to make the roadway safer.
“A list of those who were killed… I want those names to be remembered,” said Amanda Hall during the meeting’s public‑comment period, reading names she said were from 2019 and saying she hoped the funds would “eliminate any more names to be added to this list.”
The comment came before the committee approved RS20251610, a resolution accepting a Safe Streets for All grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County to address missing or substandard walking, biking and transit facilities, improve pedestrian‑scale lighting and add crossings along Nolensville Pike. The resolution was part of the consent agenda the committee approved by voice vote.
Committee members who supported the consent agenda did not debate the grant during that vote; the grant was listed in the consent packet and approved along with other routine items.
The comment and the grant are separate parts of the meeting record: the public comment documents community concern about pedestrian safety on Nolensville Pike, while the resolution records formal acceptance of federal funds intended to address some of those concerns.
