Sunday, May 09, 1999
Meetings set for light rail plan
Officials seeking input from public on possible route
BY TANYA ALBERT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Light rail planners again want to hear what the public thinks about electric-powered trains along the I-71 corridor, and this is the point in the process where people can make a difference.
Public meetings are scheduled in communities near the I-71 corridor Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and again on May 18.
The hearings are part of the preliminary engineering process. Planners will tell people what is being considered to improve traffic flow along I-71 and they will listen to what the public has to say about it.
Those comments help mold the final project, which could be completed as early as 2008. The first 18 miles of the $600 million system would run from Covington to Blue Ash.
“This is their opportunity to help us design it,” said Jim Duane, executive director of Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, the regional planning agency. “They truly know their neighborhoods better than we do.”
When the preliminary engineering study is complete, OKI members will decide whether or not to go into final design and will need to get local money in place to pay for the line.
Open houses are scheduled from:
• 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, at the Evanston Recreation Center, 3204 Woodburn Ave. Presentation at 6 p.m.
• 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the Christ Church Cathedral Undercroft, 318 E. Fourth St. in downtown Cincinnati. Presentation at noon.
• 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, in the Blue Ash City Council chambers, 4343 Cooper Road. Presentation at 6 p.m.
• 5 to 8 p.m. May 18, in Covington City Commission chambers, 638 Madison Ave. Presentation at 6 p.m.
For more information, call the project hot line at (513) 929-2828 or go to the OKI Web site at www.oki.org.
Until June 15, written comments can be sent to: Warner Moore, project manager, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, 801-B W. Eighth St., Suite 400, Cincinnati 45203-1607. They can be faxed to (513) 621-9325 or e-mailed to plan@oki.org.
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