“As Nashville continues to grow, traffic is increasing, and many of our residential streets are seeing an increase in speeding and cut through traffic,” said Cortnye Stone, Metro spokesperson for the Nashville Department of Transportation & Multimodal Infrastructure. Within that, $2 million was allotted for traffic calming projects throughout the city to slow down traffic and create safer conditions for neighborhoods like Shadrick’s dealing with large traffic volumes. In October, Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced a $568 million capital spending plan that included $275 million for school and transportation improvements. Residents of South Nashville neighborhoods work with city government for traffic calming measures. Multiple auto accidents within the space of hours. So when she heard that Nashville officials had chosen District 30 for their Traffic Calming Program, Shadrick made sure to go to every public meeting, along with many of her neighbors, all seeking an improved quality of life.ĭrag racing. In the day, cars are using her neighborhood to cut through traffic on Nolensville Road at high speeds, and at night, drag racers do the same.
Since then, she’s feared getting into an accident just leaving her driveway. “We were out of power for hours, and I was like, ‘great, I don’t have a way to warm up a bottle,’” said Shadrick.
At the time, she was home with a newborn infant. Within the next 12 hours, two more accidents followed, including a speeding vehicle that hit a pole and knocked out the power in her neighborhood. Specifically, traffic problems in Antioch have gotten “exaggerated,” she said, and her concerns started when Shadrick called police after finding a vehicle had crashed through construction barriers into a ditch near her home. Most of the time, Lisa Shadrick loves living in Antioch, but over the years, the area’s need for increased safety standards has grown.
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