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Reynoldsburg holds public hearing on SR 2565 five‑way intersection; city seeks OPWC funds
Summary
City engineer Mitchell Yake presented designs to improve safety and traffic flow at the State Route 2565 five‑way intersection, including signal upgrades, additional turn lanes, pedestrian facilities and lighting. The city is applying for Ohio Public Works Commission funding; written comments are due Aug. 25.
Reynoldsburg held a public hearing July 28 on proposed improvements to the State Route 2565 five‑way intersection and a forthcoming application to the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC).
"This project ... we're looking to make improvements to the traffic signal at the five‑way as well as pedestrian improvements throughout the whole 256 corridor," Mitchell Yake, the city engineer with EMH and T, told the council. He said the current plan would add turn lanes, upgrade signals (including adjustments for visually impaired pedestrians), add sidewalks and improve street lighting to reduce backups and driver confusion.
Yake said the city is preparing an OPWC application for the work and noted Reynoldsburg has had "pretty good luck" with recent OPWC submissions. He described the package as focused on safety and traffic capacity and said the city typically seeks support letters from partners such as the police and local schools to improve scoring.
Clerk Prussia told the public that written comments would be accepted for the project and that EMH and T requested comments by Aug. 25. Council members asked staff to confirm the design shown is a signal-and‑lane reconfiguration and not a roundabout; Yake confirmed the current submission is not for a roundabout but for signal and lane reconfiguration and pedestrian improvements.
The hearing record and designs will be part of the city's OPWC application and any finalized design and cost estimates will return to council for later authorization, according to staff.
