Yes, Roundabouts Are Coming To More Nashville Intersections

NASHVILLE, TN -- Four more intersections across Davidson County will be fitted with roundabouts in coming weeks.

Construction of the popular English traffic-flow scheme is underway at:

• Sawyer Brown and Todd Pries in Bellevue
• Blue Hole Road and Pettus Road in Antioch
• 15th Avenue South and Elmwood
• Mt. Pisgah Road and Edmondson Pike

Metro Public Works is looking at other intersections, as engineers argue they are a better solutions than new lights, which, they say, lead to people speeding through a light and do little to ease congestion, Councilwoman Sherri Weiner, whose 22nd District includes Bellevue, told WSMV.

Other neighborhoods are getting temporary "pop-up roundabouts" from the Nashville Civic Design, the first of which rolled out last year.

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