Nashville Airport terminal roadway project update

April 20 through end of May:

Monday through Saturday
10am – 11am

Allow extra time when traveling to the airport during this time and watch for construction detour and speed limit signs. The blast time may vary as the project progresses, so please look for updates on our Web site, www.flynashville.com.

Background on Terminal Roadway Project
Phase I of the Terminal Access Roadway Improvements (TARI) Project began in October 2008 and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2009. TARI is designed to improve traffic conditions on Terminal Ring Road, the one-way thoroughfare that surrounds the airport’s short and long-term parking lots and provides access to the terminal. TARI will eliminate the need for vehicles to merge and weave through multiple lanes of traffic on Ring Road, and will improve ingress/egress from both I-40 and Donelson Pike.

Nashville Airport has advice for spring travelers

With spring break fast approaching and road construction in progress at Nashville International Airport (BNA), the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority wants to ensure that all travelers are prepared for takeoff. The following tips will help passengers and guests enjoy the Nashville Airports Experience this spring break travel season.

Watch for Roadway Construction: Phase I of the Terminal Access Roadway Improvements (TARI) Project is underway. TARI is designed to improve traffic conditions on Terminal Ring Road, the one-way thoroughfare that surrounds the airport’s short- and long-term parking lots and provides access to the terminal.

-Temporarily, no cell phone/waiting area is available.

---If waiting for arriving passengers, drivers may use either the 10-minute waiting area outside the baggage claim area or the short-term parking garage, where the first 30 minutes of parking are free.

- All existing parking lots remain open. An additional Remote Holiday Parking Lot will be available if needed. Rates are as follows: Short-term: $22/day; Long-term: $10/day; Economy: $8/day; Overflow: $8/day; and Valet: $20/day.

A complete list of travel tips is available at FlyNashville.com

Update on Nashville Airport construction

Beginning today, the temporary two-lane Ring Road will be reduced to a single lane in one stretch through the long-term parking lot to install a utility duct bank across the road. Depending on weather, this lane reduction may continue for up to one week. Ring Road is the one-way road that surrounds Nashville International Airport's short- and long-term parking facilities and offers access to the terminal.

In addition, the entrance and exit to the long-term parking lot will be impacted with upcoming construction.

Nashville International Airport passengers and guests are advised to watch

for construction detour signage, reduce speed, and stay alert for construction workers.

Temporarily, no cell phone/waiting area is available. If waiting for arriving passengers, you may use either the 10-minute waiting area outside the baggage claim area or the short-term parking garage.

The terminal entrance off of Donelson Pike, nearest I-40 and adjacent to the Economy Parking Lot, is temporarily closed. Drivers can still access the Economy Parking Lot from Donelson Pike, but terminal access from that entrance has been closed. NOTE: The main airport entrance off of Donelson Pike, adjacent to the Long-term Parking Lot, remains open

Visit the Nashville International Airport website for more information.

Use Donelson Pike to get into the Nashville Airport

Nashville International Airport (BNA) advises travelers and guests traveling eastbound on I-40 to use Donelson Pike to access the terminal and parking lots as the Terminal Access Roadway Improvements (TARI) Project moves forward. Beginning Monday, November 10, work in the median of the discrete access roadways off of I-40 will begin. These entrances to and from I-40 will remain open at this point; however, BNA encourages customers coming from the west to use Donelson Pike to avoid construction areas.

To learn more about the work being done at the airport visit the FlyNashville website.

Funky construction scenes

Change and construction at the Nashville International Airport

• Sub-Phase I (Oct. 2008-May 2009): Entrance to/from I-40 – currently one lane each way separated by a median – will shift to two-way traffic on one side of the median. The cell phone/waiting area will move to the current economy parking lot and will increase in size. Ticket spitters for short- and long-term parking lots will move.
• Sub-Phase II (May-July 2009): Ring Road will be extended and routed through current long-term parking lot.
• Sub-Phase III (July-Sept. 2009): Demolition of current cell phone/waiting area; finish roadway tie-ins.

Why are you overhauling the airport’s roads?
TARI will eliminate the need for vehicles to merge and weave through multiple lanes of traffic on Ring Road, and will improve ingress/egress from both I-40 and Donelson Pike.

For up-to-date information on airport construction, please visit FlyNashville.com and sign up for AIReport, the airport’s e-newsletter. Or, tune in to the airport’s radio station at 1610 AM.

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Scenes from the Executive West Hotel

No, we were not there for the paranormal convention!

Starwood is Gone and Here Comes the New

A place where millions of musical memories were made will become a site for shops, restaurants and about 250 families.

Vastland-Starwood Development LLC said Wednesday it plans to turn the former site of Starwood Amphitheatre into a $100 million retail-residential development called Starwood Commons.



Demolition of the amphitheater is under way in Antioch. Los Angeles-based concert promoter Live Nation closed the 22-year-old venue in February. Vastland Realty Group, a Nashville firm, bought it for $4.2 million in April.

Vastland said it would build about 350,000 square feet of retail space and about 250 units of townhomes on the 65.1-acre site. The two-story townhomes with garages would sell for about $150,000 each.


Read the full article in the Tennessean newspaper,