Lexington seeks better flow on 2 main roads

Lexington town leaders want landscaped medians along U.S. 378 and S.C. 6 to help control congestion and beautify roads used by commuters and shoppers.

LEXINGTON TOWN HALL

LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC Lexington leaders are taking a second step to improve traffic flow on and beautify two thoroughfares known as the towns front porches.

A plan for 10 miles of landscaped medians on U.S. 378 and S.C. 6 is included in projects that Town Hall hopes will be paid for by a proposed penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase.

Both roads are evolving into retail strips, intensifying congestion on a pair of major commuter routes that state counts say carry more than 50,000 vehicles daily.

U.S. 378 known locally as Sunset Boulevard is the main eastern entry into the steadily growing community of 18,000 residents while S.C. 6 known locally as Lake Drive is the main northern entry.

Town leaders want medians in place before more commercial development increases traffic jams significantly.

Medians will limit left turns, encouraging motorists instead to use a series of side roads connecting stores, officials say. Breaks in the medians will allow turns, mainly at signalized intersections.

Putting medians in place is one of two steps town leaders say is vital to alleviate traffic bottlenecks. The other is a network of signals that adjust with congestion, slated to debut in spring 2015.

Adding trees plants and shrubs to the medians also will improve the towns image, officials say.

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Lexington seeks better flow on 2 main roads