Right-of-Way Appraisal Requirements

At a glance

What: BL2026-1356 amends Chapter 2.24.225 of the Metropolitan Code to modify appraisal requirements for certain acquisitions by the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) and for Choose How You Move projects. As introduced it covered "real estate acquisitions"; the substitute narrows it to "right-of-way acquisitions" and adds technical changes.
Where it stands: Passed second reading as substituted by voice vote on June 2, 2026, with Styles abstaining. The June 16 minutes list it among the consent items.
Sponsor: Council Member Toombs moved the substitute and passage.

May 7, 2026: On second reading the Budget and Finance and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees approved the bill. Toombs moved to defer it with a re-referral to committees; seconded and approved by voice vote.
May 19, 2026: The Budget and Finance and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees recommended deferral; the bill was deferred under Rule 8.1.
June 2, 2026: Both committees approved it with a substitute. Toombs moved passage on second reading and offered the substitute, adopted by voice vote with Styles abstaining. Toombs then moved passage as substituted; approved by voice vote, Styles abstaining.
The minutes do not describe what the new appraisal requirements are.