SR 72 corridor experiences congestion during morning and afternoon peak periods and weekends. The congestion as well as lack of center left turn lanes resulted in safety concerns. The corridor lacked transit service, bike facilities and sidewalk connections. The SR 72 improvements will address these deficiencies by providing safety and operational improvements and enhance multi-modal facilities to connect communities within the project limits. The posted speed limit will be reduced from 50 mph to 45 mph, the travel lane widths will reduce from 12’ to 11’, and curb is proposed on both sides of SR 72 to promote traffic calming. Improvements to McCoy Road originally included in the SR 72 design have already been completed as part of the SR 1 and SR 72 Diverging Diamond Interchange.