ODOT Selects Roundabout Designs, Including Hardin County Project Set for 2028 Construction

The Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 has concluded the public involvement process for three proposed roundabouts and selected the layouts for the detailed design phase.

All three intersections, including one at the intersection of State Routes 67 and 235 in Hardin County’s Roundhead Township, have received funding through Ohio’s Highway Safety Improvement Program to enhance safety.

The two other projects will be in Van Wert and Defiance Counties.

Chris Hughes, ODOT District 1 deputy director, said that where they have built roundabouts in Allen and Van Wert counties, there have been zero fatal crashes, injury crashes are down 72% and crashes overall are down 36%.

(A conceptual drawing of the roundabout selected for the intersection at State Route 67 and State Route 235 in Roundhead Township, Hardin County, a centered, circular, single-lane roundabout)

The single-lane roundabout in Hardin County is designed to deliver the best safety benefit at a lower construction cost.

Review the project documents online at: https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/projects/projects/121970?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

The tentative date for the start of construction is Fall of 2028.