ODOT RELEASES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAVEL
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MIDDLE SEGMENTS OF THE EASTERN CORRIDOR
Recommendations based on results of updated
technical studies, feedback
LEBANON – The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has released
its recommendations for 68 transportation improvement projects to be
implemented within Eastern Corridor Segments II and III, which extend along
U.S. 50 and SR 32 from Red Bank and the Beechmont Levee (SR 125/SR 32) to the
I-275/SR 32 interchange near Eastgate.
“We’ve been working very closely with
communities in this region to thoroughly assess transportation needs in the
area and the kinds of improvements that need to be made,” said Tom Arnold, ODOT
District 8 planning engineer and Eastern Corridor Segments II and III project
manager. “Our recommended plan is built upon their feedback, blended with the
results of technical studies and the transportation needs of the region.”
ODOT’s recommendations have been
compiled into an Implementation Plan that will be made available to all
communities within the Eastern Corridor area. The plan identifies information
for each of the recommended projects, including estimated project costs,
anticipated level of environmental review needed, general project priorities
(high, medium and low), and suggested project sponsors. The projects vary in
size and scope, and the plan also includes recommendations for improved
pedestrian and bicycle connections.
“The Eastern Corridor is not a single
project as many have come to think,” said Tammy Campbell, District Deputy
Director for ODOT District 8. “It is a program of many individual
transportation improvement projects being implemented across the east side of
the Greater Cincinnati region to help make travel easier and safer.
Improvements across the corridor are in varying stages of planning, design,
construction and completion.”
There are about 15 projects that fall
under ODOT’s jurisdiction and these are being integrated into ODOT’s planning
process. Funding has already been committed to several of the projects; others
may be incorporated into other planned projects, and some will undergo future
needs assessment once other improvement projects have been completed.