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June 15, 2011
State unclogs Fields Ertel Road widening Cincinnati News Service Motorists weary of traffic snarls at Mason-Montgomery and Fields Ertel roads near Interstate 71 – and on the interstate itself – might see some relief this year after all, Warren County officials said Monday. The county has received a long-awaited permit from the Ohio Department of Transportation for work that includes building an addi-
tional northbound through lane starting at Fields Ertel Road going 3,000 feet north to Parkway Drive. Earlier this spring, Warren County officials were furious that the state was delaying the project because of a permit problem. Commissioner Dave Young called it “ridiculous.” He was much kinder Monday. “The state’s kind of changed its tune a little bit and actually sped up this
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Vehicles wait at the stoplight as they exit I-71 northbound at the MasonMontgomery Road and Fields Ertel Road exit in Symmes Township.
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Traffic from I-71 northbound at the Field Ertel Road exit often is heavy and occasionally backs up on to the interstate. project,” he said. “We were getting kind of bogged down in some of the bureaucracy inside of Columbus.” Warren County Engineer Neil Tunison said ODOT’s district office was helpful when they recognized the project’s importance. He said there were technical issues that were easily resolved. ODOT District 8 spokesman Sharon Smigielski said Warren County made the revisions that were asked.
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“It’s a process,” she said. Warren County will bid on the $1.6 million project Tuesday, Young said. Tunison said work will begin in July, with the project hopefully done by the middle of November. Motorists shouldn’t see any delays because of the work. Tunison said if there are any lane closures, those will happen after 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. He said there might be certain times where officials have to make daytime lane closures but those will be for short
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periods. He said officials hope to alleviate of a lot of the traffic delays by doing a lot of the work at night. The project will use a mixture of funds from Warren County, Hamilton County and the state. The area is on the border of Warren and Hamilton counties. Other projects are in the works that will also help ease congestion that sometimes sees traffic back out onto I-71 during rush hour. ODOT will oversee a $1.5 million project to improve traffic signals in the area. Tunison said bids will be opened on June 16 for that, with officials anticipating work beginning later this summer. Completion date would be the summer of 2012. The 21 traffic signals are on Mason-Montgomery Road, Fields Ertel Road and Escort Drive. “We hope that it’ll have a very marked improvement . ... You never really know
until you’ve done all these improvements,” he said. Tunison said the northbound lane and ODOT’s traffic signalization project should really help to alleviate but may not eliminate the big backup on I-71. Another project involves extending the northbound exit ramp, which is where the most noticeable backups are. Tunison said bids will be opened in January 2014 for that, with construction probably starting that spring. He said the work will take a least one construction season and might go into the next one. The work is a state project, costing around $6 million. Tunison said peak times and locations are mornings northbound on MasonMontgomery Road, a noon peak southbound on Mason-Montgomery and an afternoon peak westbound on Fields Ertel Road. Problems also happen during the weekend.
New bank could fill empty lot in Kenwood By Amanda Hopkins ahopkins@communitypress.com
SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP - The Sycamore Township Board of Trustees and First Financial Bank are continuing to work on traffic flow problems before an agreement is reached on building a new bank. Trustee President Tom Weidman said he is concerned about drivers making left-hand turns into the lot at 7735 Montgomery Road in Kenwood and does not want to cause back-ups in the parking lot which is adjacent to Redstone, a building that houses several companies, including Gyro : HSR. K4 Architecture and First Financial Bank are proposing a 4,133 square-foot building with four drivethru lanes and an ATM. Planning and Zoning Administrator Greg Bickford said the site makes it difficult to create a good traffic flow without making “pinch points.” 'There is something wrong with this site that we have to overcome,” Bickford said. The trustees said they would like the officials from K4 Architecture to continue looking at other alternatives for entrances and exits for the bank. The color of the bank is also up for debate with the proposal including a bright yellow hue, the main color used in the First Financial Bank logo. Weidman said he wants
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Location of proposed First Financial Bank at 7735 Montgomery Road.
More from Sycamore The Sycamore Township Board of Trustees is expected to vote on a resolution for bids on a new traffic light on Kenwood Road. Planning and zoning administrator Greg Bickford said the total bid came back around $250,000. The traffic light will connect Kenwood Place to Kenwood Towne Center. The money contributed from the township will cover costs for construction in the right-ofway. Bickford said township Law Director Doug Miller will review the bids and have a recommendation for the trustees at the June 2 meeting. a new building that would compliment the adjacent Redstone development and other buildings in the Kenwood area. The trustees scheduled another public hearing for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16, to continue discussions on the site.
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current equipment is unable to cut through. The two new Jaws of Life will cost $10,876 and are eligible to be paid for by tax increment financing – TIF – funds.