The Lexington-Springmill and Walker Lake roads’ intersection has been an ongoing problem for the city of Ontario due to the complexity of turn lanes at the intersection. The city worked to install several changes to make the intersection safer.
The center lane crossing Lexington-Springmill from the GFS/Taco Bell side and going towards Meijer used to be a left-turn lane only. Drivers can now either turn left or go straight.
The changed has caused some confusion and signs have been posted and the lights changed. Extra caution is advised as drivers ajust to the changes.
The city hopes to make more changes to the intersection to help improve traffic flow.
Councilman at large Eddie Gallo suggested at last week’s council meeting that a solid line be added once the cars cross the intersection so that drivers in the third lane don’t merge over too quickly.
The city council hopes to next improve the traffic flow moving south on Lexington-Springmill at the 30 off-ramp, which is not a true turn lane and often drivers accidentally end up in that lane when they intend to continue south toward the Richland Mall. A clearly identified turn lane will help to alleviate this problem as well.
