LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The safety of one-way streets around Louisville has been a topic of discussion for years.
On Monday, the city received federal funding to improve and convert Second and Third Streets for two-way traffic.
"Down there, they got cars on both sides, and you got to ride in the streets down there," said Bill Miller, an Old Louisville resident, said.
Miller has lived in the neighborhood for more than 40 years and has seen several wrecks on Second Street, currently a one-way street.
"They come down here and they don't stop for the stop sign, they just run on out there," he said.
It's primarily the reason why he's excited about the new plan to transform Second and Third Streets in the area into two-way streets.
Senator Mitch McConnell announced $7.5 million in federal funding for the conversion.
The project will add bike lanes and safety improvements.
Miller hopes the project will lessen accidents of parked cars like his daughter's in front of his house.
"They totaled it twice her car sitting out here, somebody come down the street and hit her in the back, " he said.
It's part of Vision Zero Louisville's plan to eliminate traffic deaths on streets by 2050.
"It's going to improve neighborhoods, it's really part of our effort to make our city safer for cars and also for people," Mayor Craig Greenberg said.
Greenberg said this investment would not be possible without the members of Kentucky's congressional delegation.
"Streets should be a safe place to be, and this conversion to two-way streets on Second and Third is a wonderful step in that direction,” he said.
This safer road project gives homeowners like Miller a sense of peace.
"I mean if they're going to do it, do it," Miller said.
Construction is expected to begin in 2026.
In addition to the federal funding, Metro Government and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will each put $2.5 million toward the project that brings the total investment to $12.5 million.
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