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Waynesboro council tables VDOT plan to cut Broad Street to one lane each way after safety presentation
Summary
VDOT proposed converting Broad Street from two lanes each way to a single travel lane in each direction with a center turn lane, buffered bike lanes and targeted medians to address a five‑year crash history. Council asked for more analysis and public input and voted to table the resolution until April 27 (4-0, one abstention).
VDOT presented a revised safety-focused design for the 1.3-mile Broad Street corridor on April 13, proposing a lane reconfiguration that would reduce general traffic to one lane each direction, add a center turn lane and provide wider, buffered bike lanes.
Brad Reed, a VDOT representative, told the council the proposal is intended to address corridor crash patterns: "In the five-year period we looked at, there was 137 crashes," he said, adding that many crashes occur at intersections and that a single‑lane…
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