Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Appeals Court Shoots Down Part of Nashville Transit Plan on Housing, Parks but Upholds Most

by Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, April 15, 2025- The Tennessee Court of Appeals on April 15 nixed a small part of Nashville's transit improvement plan while upholding the vast majority of it.

A three-judge panel ruled Metro Nashville cannot acquire land for affordable housing and parks with funds raised through the transit plan's tax surcharge. ...

Nashville's transit plan has to comply with a 2017 state law called the IMPROVE Act that allows cities to levy a sales tax increase to directly fund a "transit improvement program." The judges said they "fail to see how the purchase of property for housing development and parks is consistent" with the law's definition of a transit improvement program. (read it all)


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