Re: I-70 / I-71 Multiplex Update (sorta)


Sherman L. Cahal wrote:
> Vid the Kid wrote:
> > I was half asleep when I heard the news story on NBC4 about this. I
> > didn't catch most of what they said, but they mentioned that ODOT has
> > promised $37M in trees and landscaping and stuff. They also said that
> > the earliest major construction won't start until 2010.
> >
> > The station's website, www.nbc4i.com , had no info on this story.
> > However, ODOT's www.7071study.org has a February 2006 newsletter
> > online, which talks about a "grand boulevard" alternative that ODOT has
> > brought back into consideration (I think this was the main talking
> > point on the TV news) and that, after a public hearing in a couple of
> > weeks, ODOT will narrow the alternatives down to 2. Previous public
> > comments are available to read on that site as well, including my own,
> > and those of a mexican (!) who claims that in the near future, road
> > engineers will be shamed as society moves away from the automobile.
> >
> > --
> > Vid the Kid
>
> The first alternative, with one-way streets flanking the rebuilt
> depressed interstate, ranks higher than all the other alternatives.
> IMO, this alternative is the most sensible,

FWIW this is exactly how they reconfigured Fort Washington Way in
Cincinnati (coincidentally I-71 as well), and it works way. For a
relatively small added cost they placed pier foundations in the median
to allow for support of future capping of the intertstate.

> requiring a conslidation of
> interchanges and it would remove the awful weaving mess that is still
> existant, despite the warning signage. It would also keep local traffic
> off of the through interstate, and it would be very benefical to
> pedestrians. The current situation is nothing short of a mess, and the
> trench does a horrible job at connecting a resurging Short North
> district, the downtown, and the resurging Brewery district. I would go
> one step further, however, and make these one-way streets two-way to
> slow traffic down further.
>
> You made it sound as if the highway would be replaced with a "Grand
> boulevard" but that is not the case, thankfully :)

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