There have been two traffic accidents on Highway 17 in Litchfield since a group of residents and officials met three weeks ago to review plans for reconfiguring intersections in the area. One was Monday morning, said Brent McClellan, chief of Midway Fire Rescue.
“Residents of Litchfield Country Club obviously want safer, easier access to 17,” said Jerry Oakley, president of the neighborhood’s property owners association. “The proposal will substantially improve both those things.”
The state Department of Transportation will present the plans and take comments from the public at a forum next week. A design presented last month calls for eliminating median breaks and restricting left turns onto the highway from the YMCA north to Crooked Oak Drive…