RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN – Construction is steadily moving forward on the long-awaited daylighting of Town Creek, an effort now visible to drivers along Northwest Broad Street between South Church and Front Street near the Murfreesboro square. The large-scale project, funded in part by federal dollars, is transforming a section of downtown that most residents never realized was home to a hidden waterway…
That was Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland, who emphasized that because federal funding is involved, the project must be completed by a firm, non-negotiable deadline: October 2026.
For decades, Town Creek has gone completely unnoticed by passing motorists — and for good reason. The creek was buried in the 1950s and placed into a culvert system due to persistent flooding issues. At the time, the land sat lower than today’s current elevation of Broad Street. The area was a patchwork of industrial buildings, a busy railroad yard, and low-income housing…