Split decision
More on the Split and its two proposed renovations at ThisWeek:
“Commuting patterns are a citywide issue, not just an issue specific to any particular community,” said Northland Community Council president Dave Paul. “The highway serves a lot of people, including many Northland residents who travel through there each day. They’re interested in how the alternatives would affect them.”
The Ohio Department of Transportation has scheduled two public meetings in June to discuss the future of the Interstate 70/71 split.
The meetings are set for 5 p.m. June 11 and 13 at the Columbus Health Department Auditorium, 240 Parsons Ave.
ODOT officials call the split one of the “most congested, high-crash freeway locations on the state.”
For the past six months, ODOT has been comparing two possible alternatives for the split. One would put the split at the Mound and Fulton street exit. The second option would place it at the Livingston Avenue and Fulton Street exit.
[…] It’s too bad they can’t undo the split- and the combining of the two highways- altogether, but that would probably cost a trillion dollars. Whoever designed that ought to be rapped on the head. There will be a couple of public meetings next week on two proposed designs; more here. […]