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I-70/71 plan shrinks parks
Friday, November 28, 2008
BY DEBBIE GEBOLYS
Plans for rebuilding the I-70/71 corridor Downtown aren’t final, but one thing is: The improved highway will nip off parts of two parks.
The Ohio Department of Transportation will show plans for changes to Dodge Park in Franklinton and Scioto Audubon Metro Park on the Whittier Peninsula at a public hearing from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dodge Recreation Center, 667 Sullivant Ave.
In two highway proposals under consideration, new lanes would help untangle traffic through Downtown. That would encroach on the southwest corner of Dodge Park and the north end of Scioto Audubon. ODOT would pay the city fair market value for the 2 acres and would buy adjacent land where the trail could be rerouted and fields rebuilt at the state’s expense.
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