DAYTON — The Metropolis of Dayton believes placing a significant street on a “food regimen” will enhance security and decrease harmful speeds.

Metropolis commissioners are going to launch a $2.3 million designed plan to shrink a stretch of Keowee Road.

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The part of Keowee Road close to East Fifth Road to Monument Avenue will change into smaller. Often, the dimensions of a street is elevated to make it safer, however the metropolis believes this time, taking away lanes will make issues safer.

This part of Keowee Stree is seven lanes broad, and 89 ft throughout in some spots. It’s troublesome for older or very younger pedestrians to cross safely.

The broad nature of the street causes many drivers to extend speeds to 50 or 55 miles per hour on a avenue with a 35-mile-per-hour velocity restrict.

“Keowee there now could be a full seven lanes broad, we’re going to convey it down to 5 lanes,” mentioned Joe Weinel, Dayton’s Chief Civil Engineer.

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He mentioned they utilized for a $2 million ODOT security grant for the undertaking due to the numbers.

An ODOT database reveals 232 crashes within the final 5 years on this quick stretch. 81 of these have been deadly or harm crashes. There have been 52 wrecks involving the left flip lanes and 12 involving pedestrians or cyclists.

“Hopefully going to remove the crashes, cut back the crashes there have been so much,” Weinel mentioned.

“It doesn’t really feel unsafe in any respect,” mentioned Adam Ramadan, proprietor of AJR Auto Gross sales on the nook of Keowee St. and Monument Ave.

His enterprise can be impacted tremendously by any street work accomplished right here. He doesn’t see the necessity for the street food regimen and thinks the world has a traditional quantity of crashes and calls them typical accidents. He’s nervous concerning the proposed building and doable congestion throughout and after roadwork.

“In the event that they shrink it, it’s going to be extra site visitors, however I don’t really feel prefer it’s going to be good for the enterprise,” Ramadan mentioned.

The excellent news for Ramadan is that town is simply now starting the design and engineering section of this undertaking.

Total, town estimates this may value about $2.3 million. 90 % of that can be coming from an ODOT grant, which suggests town will solely be spending round $250 thousand to get it accomplished.

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