I noticed the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is closing lanes on New Circle Road for pothole repairs. With all the construction happening around town, is there a master schedule somewhere that shows all the upcoming road work in Lexington?

Oh absolutely, and this is actually something I get asked about a lot. The state's main resource is five-one-one dot K-Y dot gov, which is the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's central website for highway and traffic reports from the entire state. That's your go-to for real-time traffic conditions and construction updates. You can also call five-one-one from any phone in Kentucky.

That's helpful. What about city projects though? I feel like there's always something going on with the sidewalks and water lines too.

Exactly right. The city has its own project map on lexingtonky.gov that shows active and upcoming projects managed by Environmental Quality and Public Works, and it provides detailed information about long-term projects that are highly visible and may have traffic impacts on neighborhoods. That covers everything from roadway widening to sewer work to intersection improvements. The nice thing about their map is it's specifically designed to help you understand what's happening in your own neighborhood.

So between those two resources, you should be able to see pretty much everything that's coming down the pipeline?

That's the idea. And speaking of what's coming, New Circle Road is getting quite a bit of attention this year, with four point seven million dollars funding improvements between Boardwalk and Bryan Station Road, plus twenty-two million in federal dollars for safety projects from the Safe Streets program. There are actually four major traffic projects underway in Fayette County right now to reduce congestion, including work on Interstate seventy-five and Newtown Pike.

Good to know there's actually a plan behind all this construction chaos.

Right? It definitely helps when you can see the bigger picture and plan your routes accordingly.

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