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Capital Projects Committee backs staff package of transportation projects for GNRC TIP submission
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to support staff-recommended transportation projects for submission to the Greater Nashville Regional Council (GNRC) TIP cycle, including a Main Street reconstruction segment and the Stop 30 Drakes Creek intersection; staff said the citys share under an 80/20 federal match would be about $17 million spread over several years.
The Capital Projects Committee on Tuesday voted to support staff-recommended transportation projects to submit to the Greater Nashville Regional Council for the 2026–2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The motion, moved and seconded during the meeting, passed unanimously after brief discussion about one project's description.
Steven, a city staffer leading the presentation, told the committee the city submitted all 36 projects from its transportation capital improvement plan to the regional transportation plan (RTP) and then narrowed the TIP submittal to roughly 11 projects the city is ready to pursue. "With the 80% federal to 20% local match, our obligation would be just about $17 million," Steven said, adding that that cost would be spread over several years rather than all at once.
The package includes a proposed one-mile TIP segment of the Main Street Reconstruction Project (a larger 3.85-mile RTP project). Steven said the TIP segment would cost about $30 million and would include access-management measures, landscape medians, sidewalks and undergrounding utilities on the segment from Imperial Boulevard to Walton Ferry Road.
Other projects in the package discussed by staff include Indian Lake Road school-zone improvements (estimated cost $13.3 million, local match about $2.7 million), a Saundersville/Dayflower segment scaled to a $5.3 million TIP project (city match about $1 million), a Sanders Ferry left-turn improvement (estimated $10.3 million, city match about $2 million) and intersection improvements at Rockland Road and Imperial Boulevard (roughly $4.1 million estimate for a roundabout in the study).
Committee members asked staff to clarify submission timing and how RTP horizon-year estimates incorporate inflation. Steven said GNRC assigns horizon years (for example 2030, 2040 and 2050) and factors for inflation are applied; local matches and amendments will be required if costs increase by the time projects reach construction.
Chair Eddie Robertson confirmed the motion to support staffs package for the GNRC TIP cycle and the committee approved it. Robertson said the TIP submission does not guarantee funding but allows the city to seek federal funds and to advance projects into design and right-of-way once funding is awarded.
The committee did not take final local funding actions in the meeting; several members noted that individual project budgets, required design phases and right-of-way acquisitions will be addressed later in the capital budget and at subsequent meetings.
