Utility coordination can be challenging and cause the greatest risk to scope creep, schedule delays, and budget increases for all parties involved. The goal of utility coordination is to identify utilities early in the design process and communicate with all the stakeholders to eliminate problems like claims, service interruptions and expensive delays during construction. In an effort to work collaboratively and mutually beneficially, the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) hosts regular meetings of the Nashville Area Utility Council. This Council’s purpose is to share transportation capital project information with utilities to create opportunities for advanced planning, budgeting and scheduling as needed. Conversely, utilities share information of their capital projects for related early coordination. These efforts have resulted in cost-savings for utilities in making adjustments and/or improvements ahead of paving operations saving restoration costs for the utilities. This level of joint project coordination also results in reduced interruptions to affected property owners and multi-modal travelers in shortened disruption timeframes. In November of 2024 the voters of Nashville overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative to establish a half cent of sales tax for transit. This passage codified the Choose How You Move Program with the intent of establishing a reliable multimodal network on Nashville’s major corridors. This program is the largest capital improvement program that the city of Nashville has undertaken surpassing recent such programs as the Nashville Convention Center and the East Bank Redevelopment. These corridors (or Pikes) are historic and challenging in cross-section and are also a route for most, if not all, utility service providers in Davidson County and beyond. As with other NDOT Capital Right-of-Way Projects, it is critical to involve utilities in the concepts and design phases of these projects for best project development and delivery. This presentation will give insights to current utility coordination practice, lessons learned and how we expect to expand the level of information sharing and inclusion with utilities moving forward.