Public
Information Meeting to be held Tuesday, July 21 to provide update
on Duck
Creek Connector project in Madisonville
The Ohio Department of Transportation and
the City of Cincinnati are holding a public information meeting to share information
with the community about the upcoming Duck Creek Connector project.
The Duck Creek
Connector project was developed in close coordination with local community,
business and school representatives, and other area stakeholders. It is a
component of the Red Bank Corridor improvement plan that will be implemented in
a phased approach as part of the Eastern Corridor Program of projects.
Tuesday,
July 21, 2015
5 to 7 p.m.
Madisonville Recreation Center – Gymnasium
5320
Stewart Ave.
Cincinnati,
OH 45227
This public information meeting will be held in an open house style
format. Community members may arrive at any point during the meeting, review
project information and talk with the project team. Project representatives
will share brief remarks about the project with those in attendance at 5:30
p.m., and once again at 6:30 p.m.
The public is invited to submit written comments to the project team at
the meeting and during the public comment period, which will remain open
through Tuesday, August 4. Comment forms
will be provided at the meeting and made available online after the meeting
concludes. All meeting materials will be posted on the Red Bank Corridor Public
Involvement page of the Eastern Corridor website immediately following the
meeting (http://easterncorridor.org/projects/red-bank/red-bank-involvement/).
The purpose of the Duck Creek Connector
project is to:
·
Improve access, mobility and safety in the Red Bank Expressway/Madison
Road area by reducing existing and projected congestion and delays along Red
Bank Expressway and its intersections with Madison Road and Duck Creek Road;
·
Provide a connection between existing and planned development along
Medpace Way, Duck Creek Road and Red Bank Expressway;
·
Improve pedestrian and bike access and safety on the local road; and
·
Enhance Madison Road and Red Bank Expressway as a neighborhood gateway
to Madisonville.
The Duck Creek Connector is being
developed as a design/build project, which means initial design work will be
approved and then construction on those initial phases of the project can begin
even while future design work is being completed. One firm will be responsible
for both designing and building the roadway.
This method of
project management significantly shortens the time required to complete
construction projects. Detailed plans for the Connector will be developed in
early 2016; construction will begin in the spring and the project will be
completed by late fall.
The Duck Creek connector is an element of the Red Bank Corridor
improvement plan, which will create a balance of mobility and access to better
serve local communities, businesses and neighborhoods, while at the same time,
improving travel along this important community connector.
The Red Bank Corridor improvements are a core piece of the Eastern
Corridor Program. The Eastern Corridor is a program of integrated,
multi-modal transportation investments designed to improve
mobility, ease congestion, increase access and support economic development
between downtown Cincinnati and eastern Clermont County. More
information is available at www.EasternCorridor.org.
For additional information, contact Brian Cunningham at 513.933.6517 or brian.cunningham@dot.state.oh.us