PIGEON FORGE — The plan to put up a traffic signal at the intersection of the Parkway and Music Road is on its way to Nashville now, after the City Commission voted unanimously to move it forward.

Business owners in the busy development the road serves requested the city consider putting a light there, citing growth in the area and concerns about motorist safety.

The City Commission voted to send a letter to a Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) official asking that the agency consider a signal at the intersection. Since the Parkway is a state road, TDOT must approve new lights.

It seems likely the proposal will get the OK in Nashville, with engineer Terry Grubb telling the City Commission during a recent workshop that a traffic study of the area showed a light is warranted. Such a study is a requirement for a state permit.

Of course, that research didn’t include traffic that will be generated by the under-construction Titanic Museum attraction. Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment partner David Fee, who oversees the Black Bear Jamboree theater in the Music Road development, told the commission there will likely be 1.5 million cars that use Music Road next year. That, city leaders agreed, is reason enough to put up a signal.

“It could easily become a safety issue,” Commissioner David Wear said.

The project is expected to cost between $150,000 and $200,000, and it’s not yet clear if the city or the Music Road businesses will pay for it. Titanic developer John Joslyn previously offered to reimburse the city for the work, though city attorney Jim Gass questioned the legality of that.

During Monday’s meeting, the commission also voted to approve:

Ordinance 899 to amend sections of the C-4 Planned Unit Commercial District rules in the Zoning Ordinance (second reading)

Ordinance 900 to rezone property owned by the city on the east side of Veterans Boulevard across from the intersection with Gold Rush Road from R-1 (low-density residential) to C-2 (tourist commercial) (first reading)

Resolution 769 to authorize the city’s participation in the TML Risk Management Pool Driver Safety Matching Grant Program

A request from Three Pigeons LLC and Three Ducks LLC to allow changing a tri-vision billboard to digital near the intersection of Teaster Lane and the Parkway and relocating a single board face to an existing structure at the Red Carpet Inn

Purchase of an automatic license plate reader from Motorola on a statewide contract for the Police Department.