HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Drivers should be mindful of orange barrels and a new project on the busy roads of Montgomery County.
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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, leaders want to cut down on the number of crashes.
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has called this project, “A Road Diet.”
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Harrison Township said on social media that the work is focused on Main Street from Siebenthaler Avenue to Shoup Mill and Turner Roads.
News Center 7 took some video of the construction scene.
Four lanes are being reduced to two wider lanes and adding a middle turn lane.
Branden Price told News Center 7 that he hates driving on this stretch.
“Hectic, it’s hectic. Always you got to try to find a different route,” he said.
We will update this story.
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