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NDOT proposes three speed-cushion installations on Watson Wood; neighbors to vote by ballot
Summary
Nashville Department of Transportation staff proposed installing three sets of speed cushions on Watson Wood between Edmonson Pike and Highcrest, citing resident applications and data (85th-percentile speed ~35 mph). NDOT will finalize design, post plans, then send a six-week ballot to property owners; approval needs two-thirds of votes.
NDOT staff presented a preliminary plan to install three sets of speed cushions on Watson Wood, a residential street running between Edmonson Pike and Highcrest, and outlined the design, ballot and construction timeline. "These projects are very much resident driven and data driven," Councilman Nash said as he joined the meeting.
The project team said Watson Wood scored near the top of NDOT’s backlog and that the proposal responds to measured speeding and neighborhood requests. Presenter Jeff Hammond described site data showing an 85th-percentile speed of about 35 miles per hour, roughly 500 vehicles per day, and an approximately 22-foot roadway width — conditions that make the street a typical candidate for…
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