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Residents oppose NDOT speed cushions on Lone Oak Road; agency offers lane‑narrowing and delineators as alternatives
Summary
At a March 2 NDOT neighborhood meeting, engineer David Greavves presented a preliminary plan of five speed cushions for Lone Oak Road. Several residents said they oppose cushions and prefer enforcement, refreshed striping, or visual narrowing; NDOT outlined a six‑week online ballot requiring a two‑thirds yes vote to proceed.
David Greavves, a civil engineer with the Nashville Department of Transportation, told neighbors at a March 2 virtual meeting that NDOT has proposed a preliminary traffic‑calming design for a short segment of Lone Oak Road that would place five speed cushions spaced roughly 300–500 feet apart to target speeds near 25–30 miles per hour. Greavves emphasized the design is preliminary, subject to change and property‑owner approval.
The proposal drew swift pushback from residents. “I don't think any of us on this call ... want to see any speed bumps,” one resident said, adding neighbors would prefer greater enforcement and refreshed pavement striping rather than vertical measures. Other attendees raised similar concerns about noise and livability: a resident who lives adjacent to the middle proposed cushion asked whether the cushions would wake…
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