Avery & Rings Roundabout Construction Planned for Late 2024
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- Created: 23 August 2023
While it’s not the long-promised widening of Avery Road or the extension of Tuttle Crossing Blvd., a roundabout will be built at the Avery Road/Rings Road/Cara Drive intersection to improve traffic flow in the area. The project should begin in late 2024 and continue into 2025, according to Dublin officials.
The increasing traffic on Avery Road, brought on by the construction of large apartment communities and commercial properties in Columbus and Hilliard to our south, has made exiting our subdivision via Cramer’s Crossing Drive a challenge. Plans have also been announced for a McDonald's location to be built in 2024 on Riggins Road, adding to the traffic congestion. Once the project is complete, residents can then use the Rings Road exit to access the new roundabout at Avery.
The original road improvement plan, developed by Dublin, Columbus, and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, called for completing Tuttle Crossing Blvd from Wilcox Road westward to Avery Road and the widening of Avery Road to connect with the Tuttle Crossing extension.
This project, estimated to cost $15.55 million, no longer has full funding and is not on the current construction schedule. The Tuttle Crossing project “remains a priority for the city and the region,” said Megan O’Callaghan, Dublin City Manager, “but despite financial commitments from the Cities of Dublin and Columbus and private developers, there remains a funding gap. The Dublin Engineering staff is continuing to seek additional options to help identify funding sources for the project.” Dublin officials consider the roundabout project to be an “interim” solution to help address some of the Avery Road traffic problems. To view the roundabout plan click here.
The 2-lane section of Avery Road, from just north of Hayden Run Road to Lexi Lane/Castlefinn Drive is located in the City of Columbus and is tentatively scheduled for widening beginning in the fall of 2025 with project completion in late 2028, dependent on funding by Columbus City Council. That project will include a roundabout at Avondale Woods Blvd. and a traffic signal at Lexi and Castlefinn--UPDATE: The City of Columbus installed this traffic signal in November 2023 and placed it in service in December 2023. Project details can be found by clicking here.
Dublin officials report the Avery/Rings/Cara roundabout project has taken longer to develop than anticipated, but great progress has been made this year with design nearing completion and right-of-way acquisition well under way. Once that is complete utilities will be relocated and then the project will be put out for bids.
