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Council authorizes Rutledge Way right‑of‑way acquisition but pauses connector construction pending traffic study

Murfreesboro City Council · December 5, 2025
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Summary

After extended debate about wetlands, traffic patterns and community impacts, the council voted to acquire right‑of‑way for the Rutledge Way extension, direct staff to expedite an updated traffic study and to defer building the Rutledge connector until council reviews the study and related impacts.

The Murfreesboro City Council on Dec. 4 approved acquiring right-of-way for the Rutledge Way extension but directed staff not to proceed with the full connector construction to Rutledge until additional traffic modeling and visual impact information are completed.

Staff described the project's history: environmental permitting and wetland mitigation are…

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