The Kentucky General Assembly’s new road plan calls for tens of millions of dollars for projects designed to make some of Lexington’s key roadways safer. Chris Evilia is the director of the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. He said one big ticket item is $20 million to widen a stretch of Georgetown Road – a project that’s been in the works for almost two decades.
“The challenge is that actually crosses the interstate twice. And it's got a big offset. So kind of a big S curve. And we're seeing a lot of crashes in that section. So this is going to take care of some, a lot of that.”
