Tennessee Department of TransportationCommunications Office

BJ Doughty

615.350.4302 (office)

615.714.8556 (cell)

James K. Polk Building, #700 505 Deaderick Street Nashville, Tennessee 37243 www.tennessee.gov/tdot

July 29, 2011

Media Advisory TDOT Commissioner & Nashville Mayor to Make Announcement

Nashville, Tenn. – Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer will join Mayor Karl Dean and other state and local officials in Nashville on Monday, August 1, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. to make a special announcement concerning a major enhancement project. Monday’s event will take place at 11:00 a.m. at the corner of Tampa Drive and Harding Place in front of the Harding Glen Condominiums. The event will last approximately 30 minutes. Who: TDOT Commissioner John Schroer

Karl Dean, Mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville

What: Enhancement Project Announcement When: August 1, 2011 11:00 a.m. Where: Tampa Drive & Harding Place In front of Harding Glen Condominiums

Nashville, TN

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METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR METROPOLITAN COURTHOUSE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37201

Karl F. Dean Mayor

Contact: Bonna Johnson (615) 862-6461 direct

(615) 389-3405 cell bonna.johnson@nashville.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 1, 2011

Fact Sheet

Harding Place Sidewalk, Pedestrian Improvements Project

About Phase 2 • In addition to today’s announcement, Phase Two of the Harding Place project is on track

to build an additional 3,000 linear feet (just over half a mile) of sidewalk and pedestrian improvements from Tampa Drive to Interstate 24.

• Preliminary planning, design and environmental studies for this phase are already underway. Construction cost of Phase 2 is estimated at $2 million, funded by Metro.

More about Phase 1

• Project includes construction of new sidewalk, curb and gutter, pedestrian crosswalks, pedestrian signals and a pedestrian bridge over Seven Mile Creek.

• Harding Place is a densely populated corridor that includes a public transit route and bus

stops, multiple apartment and condominium complexes, retail centers, churches, restaurants, a hospital and an elementary school, as well as established neighborhoods that will greatly benefit from these pedestrian enhancements.

• The improvements will provide a safer path of travel. Currently there is no sidewalk along the corridor except at either end (at Nolensville Pike intersection and near the I-24 interchange). Pedestrians travel either along the roadway edge, narrow roadway shoulders or other less than favorable pedestrian conditions.

• TDOT Enhancement Grant funds ($1,961,000) will allow Public Works to build 4,600 linear feet (almost one mile) of sidewalk on the south side of Harding Place between Nolensville Pike and Tampa Drive. Metro’s portion of the construction cost is $491,000 (20 percent). Total estimated cost of $2,452,000 is for construction only. Metro will fund preliminary planning, environmental, design and right-of-way acquisition costs. Public meetings will be part of this process.

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