After months of gathering feedback from residents, Lexington County finally has a plan for addressing its transportation needs. But the bad news, county council members heard this week, is that it will be expensive and likely require a tax that voters have already rejected twice.
Study manager David Beatty on Tuesday presented the findings of a series of open houses and an online survey the county conducted earlier this year to collect the public’s thoughts on Lexington County’s road needs. He said that feedback helped narrow down the three main concerns they heard from county residents: widening roads, improving intersections and what Beatty called “improving pavement quality” — whether resurfacing existing roadways or paving dirt roads.
“The purpose of the plan was to prepare a data-driven countywide plan looking at the transportation system, and identify the locations that need the most attention,” Beatty told county council members in presenting the findings this week…