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Nashville residents and businesses fault NDOT for unannounced Lindsley/Middleton parking changes; commission orders fixes
Summary
Dozens of residents and small businesses told the Traffic & Parking Commission that time‑parking and paid parking signs went up with little notice on Lindsley and Middleton; NDOT acknowledged implementation and communication errors, said it will pause strict enforcement, send new public flyers, consider extending time limits to four hours, and brief the commission again.
Dozens of residents, business owners and nonprofit leaders told the Traffic & Parking Commission on Monday that recent parking changes on Lindsley and Middleton avenues were imposed with inadequate notice and have harmed workers, clients and operations.
"The parking signs were installed around our business literally in the dark of the night, with 0 notice and 0 public process," Neely Glenn, co‑owner of The Cordell event venue, told the commission during the public‑comment period. "This isn't just an inconvenience — it is a safety concern."
The hearing, which drew multiple speakers from the 12 South neighborhood and businesses that serve visitors, centered on two related problems: (1) time‑limited and paid parking that residents and venue operators say was implemented without adequate outreach, and (2) the timing mismatch between installation of street signs and activation of off‑street facilities intended to absorb displaced parking.
NDOT staff acknowledged the department's role. "When the Howard lot installation was delayed, it just broke down the…
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