NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An eye sore in the Antioch community is finally clean, but how does the community plan to keep it that way?
Metro Councilmember Joy Styles said she was getting bombarded with emails and texts about the intersection of Interstate 24 and Bell Road. Piles of trash and a homeless encampment had built up in the area.
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That section of the road is controlled by the state, and it’s against state law for anyone to camp along state roads.
That’s why, earlier this week, the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Metro Nashville Police Department, and the Metro Office of Homeless Services cleared the area and redirected the people living there to long-term housing…