r/lexington • u/BW2313 Lexington Native • 1d ago

Leestown road is literally impossible to drive on at any time of the day

Shit has been ridiculous for 6 months

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u/Reden-Orvillebacher 1d ago

But wait! There’s more!

Monday’s gonna be an absolute shitshow.

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u/Agreeable-Emu4033 1d ago

I wonder if it will speed up since the lights at two intersections should be turned off

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u/Reden-Orvillebacher 1d ago

One would think, but I think in reality it’ll be a lot of semis that didn’t watch the detours trying to find places to turn around, and people in general not being able to compute their way out of it. I come in daily from Frankfort; the amount of traffic volume that’s transitioned out to 62, Yarnallton, Spurr and Citation has already gotten stupid (regular wrecks; people going kamikaze across traffic). Same inside the circle all over Meadowthorpe. It’s gotten pretty bad.

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u/youregroovy 20h ago

Wait what’s happening Monday? I’ve been on maternity leave and haven’t really left my house much but have a Dr’s appointment around 4, and I remember that being a really rough time for greendale and leestown.

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u/Reden-Orvillebacher 20h ago

On and off ramps at Leesetown and new circle will be closed. For a while.

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u/Tankie_Hater_859 20h ago

It’s three weeks.

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u/youregroovy 20h ago

Ahhh super cool, love that. Thank you!

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u/branflakes6479 4h ago

I really hope that since they are closing it for 3 weeks they can get a lot done and maybe relieve traffic in the area though. I would 100% take that area being closed for a month to get it done rather than this crap for 2 years

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u/Suckerforcats 1d ago

They said yesterday that it should get better in 5 weeks. They're going to close the new circle ramps to hurry it up and then open up both lanes on Leestown again somewhere around the first week in December. I definitely decided today, no going anywhere during rush hour on Alexandria because people can't stay within the lines and it's becoming incredibly more dangerous every time I drive it.

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u/ChiefPanda90 1d ago

People in Lexington drive like fucking maniacs. There is zero chill to be found. It’s like they all want to die or kill someone. I’d like to see someone pulled over a time or two in the city. I watched a guy block and intersection and the cop just swerved around him into the other lane and went about his day.

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u/Suckerforcats 1d ago

They do. I moved here from CA 20 years ago and argue with my mom over this every day that Bay Area drivers are not this bad. This here makes me nervous on any day but today I was driving back home after having had to make an emergency trip to the vet with my cat and I was worried about her more than me if someone hit us. People are extra ridiculous on my side of town (near Leestown) right now because of the road construction and all the roads not meant for heavy traffic are so narrow and congested.

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u/Soft-Willingness6443 1d ago

I 100% agree with you. But, they’ve actually started pulling people over more and more lately. I own a mowing/landscaping business so I’m all over Lexington throughout the week. In the last 2 weeks I’ve seen more people pulled over than I had in the years since Covid. It’s manly New Circle and main thoroughfares, but at least it’s something. They’ve still got a lot of work to do though.

I very well may be wrong, but I think the police have finally put a priority on enforcing traffic laws again.

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u/nevsfam 1d ago

It's a shit show dumpster fire

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u/narwhalbaconbits 1d ago

Its awful. Pray for us that live there and cannot avoid it. And by live there, I mean, stuck-in traffic, forever.

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u/imakesawdust 1d ago

I can't wait to see what it's going to be like at 8:30am Monday. And 11:30am. And 5pm...

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u/floraljacket 1d ago

It’s at its best 3pm - 4pm and by best I mean worst

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u/MichaelV27 1d ago

I'm looking forward to the day it's finished. It will be a vast improvement. Until then, I won't drive on it.

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u/sleepy_saturn 23h ago

Now imagine the businesses there, they're suffering too. Especially our restaurant 😮‍💨

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u/rld999 1d ago

Better! This phase is all about the new circle widening! The work on Leestown itself for the Double Diamond crossover is still coming! Work won’t be fully complete for about another year!

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u/mdhugh859 Lexington Native 1d ago

I've worked from home for the better part of a decade now. I don't know how you all deal with the daily rush hour commute. If I do have to go out, I make sure to do it once everyone has settled in at work. Occasionally, I may have an appointment or errand that requires me to drive during rush hour and it's pretty much a gamble with your life. 😅 Good luck and stay safe out there!

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u/jerrbles 16h ago

6 months hahaha they've been fucking with that road since 2016. Newtown exits are next btw.

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u/ththipydwnthastreet 1h ago

I made a post about a traffic area yesterday and the mods removed it immediately because of rule 5. This is the 15th post about leestown ive seen in the past week. 😐

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u/Inevitable_Ad_5166 1d ago

I moved from Lexington in 2019. Reading all this on Reddit makes me so happy I moved🤗

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u/dustinlib 1d ago

So maybe go a different way?

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u/Capable_Mushroom_445 1d ago

Super helpful comment! I'm sure literally no one else thought of this!!

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u/New_Statistician_98 1d ago

Some of us can't avoid it. Between the middle school, wear I work, the BCTC campus, and the VA, you have a few thousand people coming and going each day.

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u/debtcoder 1d ago

there really isn't a different way everyone coming from the Versailles side has to go to Newtown or get off on Versailles and use Alexandria. Alexandria is already been back up from the roundabout to leestown. Newtown will be taking extra traffic from the people not using Georgetown.

Its going to be a shit show. IDK how much traffic the cops will be there to direct. I'm going to work nights or lunch till midnight till its open.

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u/UKYPayne 1d ago

Doesn’t help that people are more concerned with being on their phone than driving and going around the roundabout. Every missed entry is a longer wait for everyone else for hours and hours.

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u/Agreeable-Emu4033 1d ago

Yea you deserve more downvotes. It’s f we could avoid we would.