Lexington Area MPO

Join us today (9/6) at noon for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. We're a group of community members and transportation professionals advocating for more walking and biking access in the Lexington area. Virtual meeting link: https://bit.ly/3X8btjG

If you haven't been out on Athens Boonesboro Road in the last month, this video gives you an idea of what to expect with the new traffic pattern. Fewer left turns decreases accidents at intersections, keeping us safer. It can feel very different at first though!

KYTC SAFERoads - RCUT A Restricted Crossing U-Turn (RCUT) is a four-lane highway intersection design consisting of one main intersection and two median crossover intersections.

🚧 Work next week at I-75, exit 99 for a new pilot project to reduce wrong-way crashes.

Join community members and transportation professionals this Friday, Aug. 2 at noon to advocate for more walking and biking in the Lexington area. Virtual meeting link at https://bit.ly/3WJXGRm

Heads up if you’re traveling out Athens Boonesboro Road!

Editing to add this short 2 minute video, which explains how the traffic flow works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc5gQ9hn0Fk

⚠️ RCUTS go live TODAY on Athens Boonesboro Road between I-75 and Ashley Woods Road, near the new soccer complex.

An RCUT is an intersection design consisting of one main intersection and two median intersections that route crossing traffic using right turns and U-turns to enhance traffic flow and reduce the risk of right-angle crashes.

When approaching Doe Run Trail or Competition Drive intersections from Athens Boonesboro Road you can continue straight or make a left or right turn.

When approaching RCUT intersections from side streets, begin by making a right turn. After turning right, you can continue straight or enter the left turn lane to make a U-turn through the median. After making a U-turn, you can complete their desired movement through the intersection.

The RCUT traffic movement is designed to enhance safety by helping you focus on only one direction of oncoming traffic at a time, making the intersection safer and easier to navigate; and to provide more traffic capacity as each leg of the intersection operates independently to decongest the flow of traffic.

For more info about RCUTs, see the KYTC - District 7 SAFERoad Solutions site at transportation.ky.gov/saferoadsolutions/Pages/RCUT.aspx

🚧Heads up, Lexington! Road work on New Circle this week on Wednesday & Thursday.

Fayette and Jessamine county residents are invited to review and offer input on the region’s 2025 to 2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP is a program of projects that are ready to proceed during the next 4 years and have received a formal commitment of funding.

Open house about the plan
Wednesday, July 24
4 – 6 pm
Marksbury Branch of Lexington Public Library, 2197 Versailles Road

Public invited to view, offer input on regional transportation work program An open-house listening session will take place at the Marksbury Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 2197 Versailles Road, on Wednesday, July 24, from 4 – 6 p.m.

If you’re interested in improving biking and walking access in our community, check out BPAC this Friday at noon!

🙋🏼Are you our next BPAC voting member? The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meets monthly to advocate for more biking and walking in our community. Check out our next meeting this Friday, July 5 at noon. And if you're interested, apply to be a voting member at https://bit.ly/3VNswqv

Leestown Road traffic alert ⬇️

Follow KYTC - District 7 for updates about the New Circle Road widening project. Project details at https://transportation.ky.gov/DistrictSeven/Pages/New-Circle-Road-Widening.aspx

We are looking to amend the Transportation Improvement Program to ensure the Scott Street Connector project can move forward. Got a question or thoughts to share? We're accepting public comment through June 18.
📝Find out more at https://bit.ly/3Rb8Awq
📧Email comments to [email protected]

Drive carefully and look for debris in the road, and make sure you’re aware of flashing lights.

🚧 Work on New Circle until 3pm today 🚧

Jessamine County roundabout news ⬇️

🤩We are so excited about Streetfest tomorrow! Oliver Lewis Way between West High Street and South Broadway will be closed to traffic from 10a-noon so you can bike, scoot, skate, jog, skip or walk freely on a mile-long, car-free loop. Food trucks, a bounce house and activities from local community groups add to the fun!

More info at www.lexingtonky.gov/news/05-08-2024/get-gear-third-annual-streetfest

🚧Heads up, folks traveling on I-75 at the Southern end of the county. Road work today and tomorrow (Monday & Tuesday) at the Madison County line.

🚌🚲🛴🚶🏻‍♀️Today (4/15) is the LAST DAY to send in your comments on the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan, a vision for improving transportation in the Lexington area. Make your voice heard!

Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2050 - Metro Planning Organization Looking ahead to improve transportation! The MTP 2050 is the latest version of our long-term plan for improving transportation in the Lexington area. It includes a list of projects and strategies for making transportation work well for everyone. Where did this list come from? We gathered input from

🚧Projects scheduled for Fayette County! KYTC - District 7 is improving intersections as part of the Highway Safety Improvement Program to provide safety upgrades for roadways.

Intersections include New Circle at Russell Cave, North Broadway at West Loudon, and North Broadway at Haggard Lane. Work will be in effect from 8:30a-3pm, Monday-Friday until mid November of this year. Daytime routes may be slower in these areas. Please drive carefully near work zones.

More info about upcoming transportation projects is available on the KYTC District 7 webpage.

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Heads up, Jessamine County folks and Nicholasville Road commuters!

We’re looking for hosts for Bike Month! Submit your event by April 19 to help us encourage our community to ride bikes for fun, exercise and commuting.

At long last, sidewalks are coming to Wilson Downing and Squires Road! We're very excited to announce that next week, we will start this project that will fill in sidewalks where there aren't any, so that sidewalks will be available on at least one side of the road on all of Wilson Downing and on Squires from Cove Lake Drive to Richmond Road.

Sidewalks coming to Wilson Downing and Squires Roads Sidewalk construction will begin April 15 to improve pedestrian access and safety in surrounding neighborhoods.

We need your input on a new trail connecting North Lexington to the UK Campus area! Take the survey at https://campustocommons.com/