Murfreesboro, TN – Murfreesboro’s Medical Center Parkway is about to get a major upgrade. The Thursday (8/21/2025) night meeting of the Murfreesboro City Council approved Phase II of the road’s widening project, aiming to ease traffic congestion and support the area’s booming commercial growth. The same construction team behind Phase I—Rollins Excavating, Hawkins Asphalt, S&W Contracting, and Pope Striping—will return to tackle the next stretch.
City officials are sticking with the annual contracts that proved successful in Phase I, which shaved nearly 27% off the original $8.5 million estimate. Public Infrastructure Executive Director Chris Griffith praised the approach, saying it gave staff more control over the pace and minimized traffic headaches.
Phase II will expand the parkway to six lanes between Thompson Lane and the Fountains at Gateway, with added turn lanes and updated traffic signals. The $6.4 million cost will be covered by the city’s FY21 and FY22 capital improvement budgets. Construction is set to begin in September and wrap up by early 2027…