Along the busy two-lane road that leads into downtown Lexington, the town is considering adding a turn lane to one heavily trafficked intersection that routinely slows traffic on one of the main roads that connect the downtown area to the interstate.
The town is set to spend just shy of $2 million on improvements to the intersection that connects U.S. 1/East Main Street, Harmon Street and Martel Drive. The project would add an additional right turn lane and upgrade the existing intersection.
The intersection improvements connect to the parking lot for the Old Mill Pond Trail. The move comes a little over a year after the town opened the trail, almost a decade after historic flooding in 2015 caused the dam on the pond to fail, pushing back longtime plans. It also comes as work is currently taking place to pave the gravel parking lot of Hazelwood Brewing, which sits along the trail…