WYTHEVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) – Wytheville drivers and residents could soon be seeing some major changes on West Main Street, thanks to the town’s new paving and reconfiguration project.
From Grayson’s Restaurant all the way down to Food City, West Main Street will soon be getting a makeover.
A main goal is to reduce the current four-lane street to two lanes, and add a turning lane in the center.
Andrew Austin, the Town’s Assistant Director for Utilities and Engineering, says Wytheville has seen an uptick in traffic congestion and rear-end collisions on West Main Street over the past decade, so they want to make things safer.
“While the speed limit is not planned on being reduced at all, with having two lanes instead of four, you don’t have that race up and down the road or one car trying to pass the other. You are limited to one lane to travel up and one lane to travel down,” said Austin.
Austin says the project will also make room for wider street parking and even bike lanes on each side in an effort to make it more pedestrian-friendly.
“You now have a thoroughfare that bikers can safely travel in and out of town. It also adds a small amount of space for that on-street parking, to where a citizen can get out of their car without being directly in traffic,” said Austin.
Money for the project is coming from VDOT’s “State of Good Repair” Program.
The town hopes to have the changes complete by June 1.
Residents can share their thoughts and opinions about this project at the Wytheville Meeting Center April 9 from 5pm-7pm.
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