Saturday, January 16, 1999
Blue Ash to upgrade stoplights
BY WALT SCHAEFER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
BLUE ASH — The city will fund the bulk of signal-improvement projects at two intersections in neighboring communities that directly affect flow on major Blue Ash thoroughfares.
City Manager Marvin Thompson said Friday that the city has received state authorization for the improvements. They will be at the Reed Hartman Highway and Interstate 275 interchange in Sharonville, and at the Pfeiffer Road and Interstate 71 interchange in Montgomery.
Both projects combined will cost about $30,000, he said.
In another road-related issue, Mr. Thompson said Blue Ash and Hamilton County Engineer William Brayshaw have agreed to ask the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for a temporary resurfacing of the Ronald Reagan Highway through the city.
“The Ronald Reagan Highway is now a state route (Ohio 126), and the Ohio Department of Transportation has scheduled (the road east of Reading) for a major improvement in the spring of 2000. However, we don't think it can last that long” without a temporary resurfacing because the road is rapidly deteriorating, Mr. Thompson said. He blames the deterioration on heavy use and the recent bad weather.
A meeting with ODOT officials to request the temporary resurfacing will be scheduled soon, Mr. Thompson said.
The Pfeiffer Road interchange improvements should be finished in about two weeks. The new signals will be computer-synchronized with the existing signal system in Blue Ash. Traffic-flow improvements in the area should be noticeable, the city manager said.
The changes to the signals at I-275 and the Reed Hartman Highway in Sharonville, just north of the Blue Ash city limits, should help improve traffic flow into Blue Ash's business and industrial center.
A major improvement project for the I-275/Reed Hartman interchange will start in a few years, Mr. Thompson said.
Blue Ash is is paying for the improvements to the signals in Sharonville and Montgomery because traffic to and from Blue Ash is affected by both, officials said.
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