Each year LDA prioritizes getting youth excited about engineering through the Future City Program. Future City Competition supports middle school students from across the state of Tennessee in learning, growing, and collaborating in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) environment. 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future that showcase their solution to … Read More

New bikeway improvements are underway!🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️ 👀🚲Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Bikeway Improvements Underway This bikeway is included in the 2022 – 2024 WalknBike work plan. The improvements are being completed in partnership with NDOT’s paving program. The project features:➡️Added protection, where feasible➡️A raised cycletrack for the WeGo Transit stop at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd & 10th Ave … Read More

“It’s just a sidewalk.” Said best by one of our engineers, Scott Kibby, “While I was looking into project progress on Myatt Drive, I noticed our completed Phase 1 was already on Google Street Viewer. This is a before and after for the intersection of Myatt Drive and North DuPont. Remember this picture whenever you hear someone say ‘it’s just … Read More

Today was our first clean-up of Metro Beautification’s Adopt-a-Street program! We adopted South 5th Street, which is an active street where many community members live, work, and play all within a few blocks. We spent the afternoon picking up trash in hopes of keeping Nashville beautiful and building a Stronger.Happier. (and cleaner) Community. Source

📍New sidewalk in progress on Foster Ave. from Glenrose Ave. to Murfreesboro Pike This sidewalk fills gaps in the existing sidewalk network and will provide connectivity to WeGo Transit, Nashville School of the Arts, and STEM Preparatory Academy. Learn more: WalknBike.Nashville.gov Source

Check out the new pedestrian facilities along 3rd Avenue North. These facilities include new curb ramps, a 12’ greenway, bike and pedestrian bridges, bike racks, and a new bus stop with shelter. The new improvements provide accessibility, ADA compliance, and connection to transit stations. LDA had the opportunity to help design these new connections and development to help make Nashville … Read More

The LDA Team is trying out the new 3rd Avenue Park – North in downtown Nashville. This park has features including a playground, native vegetation, bioretention/ rain garden, a rope bridge, a 12’ greenway, and water features including interactive valves for community education. This is part of the Nashville Metro Water Services Clean Water Nashville project to make Nashville a … Read More

This morning the LDA team had the opportunity to visit the Nashville Metro Water Services Central Wastewater Treatment Plant (CWWTP) to review the construction progress for the CWWTP Capacity Improvements and CSO Reduction project. Taylor and Tyler climbed up the tower crane to get a full perspective. Taylor worked on the design for this project while Tyler performed construction phase … Read More

Residents in Metro Council District 22 are now able to enjoy a more connected sidewalk network on Sawyer Brown Road from Highway 70 South to Todd Preis Drive. The new sidewalk will provide network connectivity from high density housing to WeGo Transit, shopping, and more. Sidewalk Tracker: http://mpw.nashville.gov/walknbike/ Source

Yesterday at the KY/TN Water Professionals Annual Charity Golf Tournament at Boone’s Trace National Golf Club. This event raises money for Water For People, a global nonprofit that helps people bring clean water and sanitation solutions to their communities for generations to come!💧 #kytnwpc22 Source