Nolensville, like all of the rest of Williamson County, is growing, growing, growing.
A non-existent traffic light almost stopped the approval of part of a large subdivision in Nolensville Tuesday night.
The Nolensville Planning Commissoon unanimously approved the final plat for the third phase of Summerlyn, a 249-lot subdivision going up near the northeast corner of Nolensville and York Roads.
This phase contains 130 of the lots — single-family homes — that will make up the Jones Company-developed subdivision.
The plat approved on Tuesday covered 20 of the 130 third-phase lots on 8.74 acres. The commission was concerned with the current lack of a traffic light at the entrance to the subdivision — Nolensville Road (highway 840) and Sumerlyn Drive — especially given the nearby schools.
Rick Owens, who made the motion for a vote, added a statement to his motion.
“While urging the swift completion of a traffic signal for obvious safety reasons,” he said.
Installation of a traffic light is a matter for Williamson County Schools and the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
“Should we keep approving not knowing there will be a light?” Mayor Jimmy Alexander said.
Multiple commissioners believed a light would be there already, or at least under construction. David Pitta, a representative with the Jones Company, assured it would be built.
“We don’t have any control over it,” Pitta said. “But it will be built.”
It is just a matter of TDOT and the schools getting all their boxes crossed, he said.
Either way, the project is humming right along, with construction of the first 120 houses years ahead of schedule.
“Originally, we anticipated a five-year build out,” Pitta said.
Now, he estimates it could be much quicker, because demand is so high for housing in Williamson County.
“People really want to live here,” he said.
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