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The Ohio Department of Transportation held a public meeting on January 19th to solicit feedback on the designs for Phases 2 and 3 of of the Downtown highway split fix. While the build out of these phases was recently pushed… [Read More]
The warm weather we’ve been having so far this winter (knock on wood) has been great for construction work around the City of Columbus. The two tallest and most noticeable buildings currently under construction are the new Downtown Hilton Hotel… [Read More]
A new blog post on the Chicago Tribune website reveals that transit planning experts in the Windy City are closely studying our I-670 Cap in the Short North to learn some best practices for their own projects. The I-670 cap… [Read More]
Last night, the Ohio Department of Transportation hosted a public meeting to provide final updates on phase one of the Interstate 70/71 split fix project which begins next month. The majority of the meeting was focused on road closures, ramp… [Read More]
The Columbus Crossroads project (popularly known as the 70/71 Split Fix) will officially be kicking off next month after years of planning, discussion and community input. Phase One will reconstruct the I-71/670 interchange at the north-eastern end of the project,… [Read More]
Columbus was featured Wednesday on StreetsBlog, a national online resource focused on sustainable transit, smart growth and livable streets. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a very positive article. The main focus was on the recent proposal for a new highway interchange at… [Read More]
Via XingColumbus: Columbus Ranks as 2nd Best City for Commuters March 3, 2011 by John According to Kiplinger.com, Columbus is a great place to commute. They included metro areas with more than 1 million people and ranked them based on… [Read More]
The Ohio Department of Transportation held a Stakeholder Meeting Announcement last night at the Lincoln Theatre to provide an update on the I-70/71 “Split Fix” Project. Most of the major components of the project remained unchanged from announcements that took… [Read More]
Inrix Inc. released their new Midyear 2009 Traffic Congestion report, and Columbus still ranks exactly where it did last year: in 48th place. While that might not sound like much of an announcement, it’s worth noting that their findings actually… [Read More]
According to a Dispatch article this morning, ODOT has approved plans to divide the 70/71 Split project into two parts. The first being the eastern leg of 71 through Downtown running between I-670 and I-70, with a $512 million price… [Read More]
From XINGColumbus: Top 40 High Crash Intersections in Franklin County By John Wirtz Okay, so Cleveland & Morse has the highest crash frequency of any intersection in Franklin County. Does that make it “the worst” intersection? In short, no. More… [Read More]
From 10tv.com: Bill Would Raise Ohio’s Top Speed Limit To 70 MPH Ohio lawmakers planned to begin debating a bill on Wednesday to raise Ohio’s speed limit to 70 mph on certain roads. If passed, Ohio would join 32 other… [Read More]
From The Dispatch: No money, so work on I-71 stops By Bill Bush After 10 years of construction, a project to widen I-71 to at least three lanes between Columbus and Cleveland is almost done — and indefinitely on hold… [Read More]
From The Dispatch: Concrete noise barrier insulates homeowners from highway’s hum By Kathy Lynn Gray The installation last week of the 24-foot-high concrete walls along the east side of I-71 between Hudson Street and Weber Road caught the attention of… [Read More]
Yesterday, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced their annual construction project lineup for 2009. Many of the projects announced are spread out all over the state, but there are two major construction sites worth noting in Columbus. The first is… [Read More]
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