As Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) students enjoy the beginning of summer break, Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) staff are heading back to school to continue work on school zone safety projects throughout the city.
School zone safety projects consist of standardized sets of ‘Slow School Zone’ pavement striping, radar feedback signs displaying driver speeds, flashing ‘School Zone’ beacons, and enhanced speed limit signage. The projects improve the visibility of crossings and aim to reduce speeding by reinforcing to drivers that they’re traveling through a school zone.
15 school zone safety projects were installed over the summer of 2024, and NDOT plans to complete improvements at the 16 additional locations by August. Locations for school zone improvements are chosen based on proximity to Nashville’s Vision Zero high injury network of deadliest streets.
“These projects move us closer to our goal of making every school zone safer within the next five years,” said Mayor Freddie O’Connell. “Not only will the projects make our school zones safer, but they’ll also improve walkability of our neighborhoods by better alerting drivers to the crosswalks they’re approaching. Each of these locations is chosen to address the areas where we are seeing the biggest opportunity for improvement.”
The list of schools to receive school zone improvements can be found below:
- Warner Elementary School
- Explore Community School
- Hume Fogg Magnet High School
- Carter-Lawrence Elementary School
- Rose Park Middle School
- Fall-Hamilton Elementary School
- Paragon Mills Elementary School
- McMurray Middle School
- Tusculum Elementary School
- Valor Flagship Academy
- Big Picture High School
- Dupont Tyler Middle School
- Tulip Grove Elementary School
- Old Center Elementary School
- East Nashville Middle School and High School
- Meigs Middle School
“Our goal is to ensure standardized school zone markings and signage across the county,” said NDOT Director Diana Alarcon. “We want people driving to take notice, slow down, and look for children walking or biking.”
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