Either one would be excellent. A speed bump would definitely slow down cars and a stop sign would do the same. I'm all for any proactive change to help decrease the dangerous speeding on our street.

In response to your request for traffic calming activities:

Metro Public Works has developed the Metro Neighborhood Traffic Management Program. This program works with neighborhood groups through a step by step, progressive approach to addressing cut through speeding traffic, certain speeds, and volume thresholds. Speed humps are no longer used as a common method of traffic calming, and are no longer installed on a public streets. Traffic Management effects the entire neighborhood and because of this the neighborhood as a whole is required to participate. More information about this program, and an application can be downloaded from Nashville web page at www.nashville.gov/pw/mntmp/

Once you have downloaded the application, and have it signed by your Neighborhood Group Representative, please mail it to our office at the address listed on the application, ATT Benny Word. Once the application has been received we can start the evaluation process in the neighborhood, and meet with the residents to discuss which methods of traffic calming would be best for everyone living on the streets.

We can also schedule the radar trailer on Bienville Drive as soon as one becomes available.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Stacy Jones
Public Works
615-862-8716

I have called Metro about several issues in Lenox. Metro does not use speed bumps or speed humps anywhere on Metro streets as it is bad for the suspension on emergency vehicles. They are also reluctant to use stop signs where cross traffic doesn't warrant it because they feel people will do a 'rolling stop' and then go even faster after the stop.

There is a meeting tonight at the Lenox Gazebo to talk about this issue, I hope you can make it.

What time is the meeting?

I am sorry, just saw this today. The meeting went well, Kathy Niznik will collect information regarding traffic issues around Lenox and submit an application for a traffic calming study to Public Works. Her e-mail is hoahotline@yahoo.com

Please make sure you let her know what the concerns are so they can be included on the study.

This is an ongoing issue, still requiring assistance.