Belle Meade Highlands Design & Mobility Study
Recent News & Information
Recently, Metro Nashville Planning published the Belle Meade Highlands Design and Mobility Implementation Plan, the result of a 2024 planning process that included Metro Planning, Metro Parks, Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Belle Meade Highlands neighbors and Friends of Warner Parks.
DOCUMENTATION & RESOURCES
About the Study
Metro Planning’s study explores multiple ways to reduce traffic impact in the Belle Meade Highlands neighborhood. The plan identifies alternative options for Cheekwood access off HWY 100, as well as an end to Cheekwood’s current use of Percy Warner Park for visitor parking through expanded parking on the museum campus.
Five potential locations were identified for alternative Cheekwood access (see illustrations below):
- Metro Planning prefers Option A, prioritizing a “shared access” roadway for Cheekwood and Warner Parks users.
- Option A (on the northern edge of Percy Warner) and Option B (Cheekwood Terrace), as currently considered, would utilize Percy Warner Park property.
- Both options would disrupt the existing mountain bike trails and negatively impact the forest habitat.
Friends of Warner Parks opposes proposed options that would involve the construction of a roadway through Percy Warner Park.
Next Steps
Multiple Metro agencies and community stakeholders, including Friends of Warner Parks, will participate in an upcoming analysis to evaluate options identified in the study.
- NDOT will analyze the best possible access point location and alignment along Highway 100.
- Metro Parks Board will assess the potential benefits and/or needs of the proposed road from a park purposes perspective.
- Cheekwood will conduct a separate analysis to determine its preferred access point.
Friends of Warner Parks will remain actively engaged in this process, with two representatives present during NDOT’s technical analysis phase to advocate for our mission and ensure that conservation goals for Percy Warner Park remain a priority.
We have asked the Metro Parks Board to consider the potential environmental impacts, programming impacts, safety, and future park needs for access, parking, and programs.
As a participant in the process, Friends of Warner Parks will continue to pursue our mission that has served the parks and community well for 40 years: to preserve, steward, and protect the Warner Parks.