Metro engages North Nashville on Jefferson Street Cap project

The Nashville Department of Transportation & Multimodal Infrastructure announced Wednesday more than 175 community members and stakeholders attended its community engagement meeting about the proposed Jefferson Street Cap on Oct. 9.

NDOT organized the information sharing event outside Lee Chapel AME Church as the first of several to come on Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and other dates yet to be confirmed. Mayor John Cooper joined Faye DiMassimo, now interim director of the newly established NDOT, to share information on the $120 million Jefferson Street Multimodal Cap and Connector — a project to cap Interstate 40 with a 3.4-acre land bridge between Jefferson and Scovel streets, running from D.B. Todd Blvd. to 14th Avenue North — to a gathering that included Metro Councilmembers Freddie O'Connell and Sharon Hurt.