Franklin County DUI Task Force will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint between 8:30 p.m. today and 1:30 a.m. Saturday in Bexley.

The checkpoint will be set up at East Main Street at Parkview Avenue in Bexley.

Extra area law enforcement officers will also be patrolling looking for impaired drivers.

"The Task Force wants to impress upon those who will be consuming alcohol to plan for a designated driver to make other arrangements to get where you are going," said Sgt. Scott Downing, coordinator for the task force in a released statement.

A total of 33 area law enforcement agencies and organizations are members of the county task force.

A checkpoint is also being set up tonight in Madison County which will be run by Ohio State Highway Patrol, the sheriff's office and West Jefferson Police Department beginning at 10 p.m. and lasting until midnight along US 40.

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