Lexington’s Main Street Safety Corridor Project Redesigns Roadway Between Castor Road and Plymouth Street
The Village of Lexington announced a redesign of Main Street between Castor Road and Plymouth Street, changing how motorists, cyclists and other corridor users move through the village.
The Main Street Safety Corridor Project calls for the roadway to be reconfigured to one travel lane in each direction. It also includes a dual center left-turn lane and bike lanes on both sides of the roadway.
For drivers, the planned layout changes the number and arrangement of through lanes and provides a designated center area for left turns. For people bicycling, the project adds bike facilities along both sides of the Main Street segment. The corridor’s redesign also affects pedestrians and nearby businesses because it changes the roadway configuration on a central Lexington route.
Construction schedule
The village’s official project announcement was published Feb. 1, 2026. At that time, the stated schedule called for construction to begin in March and be completed by May 29, 2026.
That date was a scheduled completion target, not confirmation in the available source material that every construction item was finished exactly on May 29. The approved sources do not provide a final construction certification, a project closeout statement or current traffic information.
What is known about the follow-up
The Village of Lexington published a June/July/August 2026 newsletter, dated July 1, providing a contemporaneous municipal follow-up point for village projects and resident information.
The newsletter establishes that the village continued publishing project and resident updates during the period after the scheduled completion date. The available packet does not identify a specific construction result in that newsletter or establish whether the redesigned corridor was fully operational, partially completed or still undergoing work.
It also does not include traffic counts, crash data or another measured safety evaluation. As a result, the project can be described as a roadway safety redesign with a planned new lane arrangement and bicycle facilities, but its effect on crashes or traffic conditions cannot yet be established from the approved sources.
Residents and commuters using Main Street between Castor Road and Plymouth Street should therefore expect the announced design to be the key change: one lane in each direction, a dual center left-turn lane and bike lanes on both sides. The next documented municipal information point is the village’s June/July/August 2026 newsletter, while confirmation of final completion and any measured safety results remains unavailable in the reviewed material.
Sources
- Main Street Safety Corridor Project, Village of Lexington, Ohio
- June/July/August 2026 Village Newsletter, Village of Lexington, Ohio
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