⚡️ SPEED READ

• A new emergency room could come to East Nashville.

• East Nashville has at least three stationary license plate readers from Metro Police.

• Rent prices are increasing after months of decreases.

• Plus, longer waits for police, traffic calming projects, and restaurant inspections

🚑 New emergency room for East Nashville

TriStar Skyline Medical Center asked the state for permission to build an emergency room at 1000 Dickerson Pike.

• 11,900 square feet

• 11 exam rooms, including one trauma room

• $21 million cost

The proposal already faces a legal challenge.

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🚨 Where are the license plate readers?

Metro Police activated license plate readers across Davidson County, and the East Nashville area appears to have at least three stationary cameras.

Here’s a map of the locations released by Metro Police.

There could be more readers in East Nashville. Some will be in police cruisers. Others will be movable.

They’re part of a six-month pilot program before the Metro Council decides whether to make the cameras permanent.

• You can read the full license plate reader policy by clicking here. 

• Here are some frequently asked questions, including a sign police will post near cameras

🏠 Rent prices increase

After months of decreases, rent prices in the Nashville area increased 0.3% from January to February, according to apartmentlist.com.

Zillow’s rent index — “a smoothed measure of the typical observed market rate rent” — for the 37206 zip code shows prices in East Nashville dropped only $82 between August and January.

The apartmentlist.com researchers predict prices will rise for the next few months but not at the unusual pace set last year.

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🤠 THE ROUNDUP of other news

• Metro police response times have increased 66% in three years. (WKRN)

• NDOT selected Stratford Avenue for a traffic calming project.

• NDOT also announced a pilot traffic safety program for Davidson Street, South 11th Street, Cahal Avenue, Saunders Avenue, North Graycroft Avenue, and Broadmoor Drive.

• Nashville’s school board voted last night to add gun detection software to schools. (WKRN)

🍔 Restaurant inspections

• Maru - 1100 Fatherland Street - 95

• Guerilla Bizkits - 1006 Fatherland Street - 100

• Butcher & Bee - 902 Main Street - 97

• Attaboy Bar - 8 McFerrin Avenue - 99

• The Authentique - 925 Gallatin Avenue - 98

• Far East Nashville - 1008 Fatherland Street - 94

• Gully Boyz - 900 Main Street - 89

• The Wild Cow Bar - 1100 Fatherland Street - 95

• Koi Sushi & Thai - 923 Main Street - 95

• Eastwood Deli Co. - 1896 Eastland Avenue - 94

• Red Door Saloon - 1010 Forrest Avenue - 96

• Little Caesar’s Pizza - 3304 Gallatin Pike - 99

• Totos BBQ Express - 4150 Gallatin Pike - 97