NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Residents in the Colemont neighborhood have an opportunity to address dangerous speeding on their roads.

The Nashville Department of Infrastructure and Multimodal Infrastructure will host a virtual meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 24 as part of its ongoing traffic calming efforts.

According to NDOT, residents near the area of Colemont Drive in Southeast Nashville applied for the Traffic Calming Program with the goal of lowering traffic speeds on the road and making the street safer for people walking, biking, and driving.

NDOT is working with residents to choose a traffic calming design that works best for those who want it before presenting it to neighbors to approve or reject the proposal.

The subject area for the Colemont Drive Traffic Calming Project is along Colemont Drive between Coleridge Drive and Keeley Drive. The area is also close to Cole Elementary School.

While NDOT receives hundreds of applications for traffic calming each year, the department selected Colemont Drive for scoring highly in five key categories:

• Vehicular speed (45%)
• Volume (25%)
• Non-driver accommodations (15%)
• Vulnerable user injuries/fatalities (10%)
• Trip destinations (5%)

According to NDOT, the current speed on Colemont Drive is 25 miles per hour.

The meeting will be held virtually at 5:30 p.m. Anyone in the neighborhood wishing to attend the meeting can find more information, including the link to join, by following this link.

For further information on the Colemont Drive Traffic Calming Project, click here.

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