Thursday, September 16, 1999
Crucial new signal to take months
Intersection includes three jurisdictions
BY DAVID ECK
Enquirer Contributor
TRENTON — Adding a stoplight at Wayne-Madison Road and Ohio 73 is in the works, but officials warn it likely will be next summer before the $600,000 job is finished.
The intersection was the site of two serious accidents in the past week.
“Hopefully, we'll have a contractor lined up by the beginning of spring,” said Kim Shaw, Trenton's director of planning and economic development. “We've been moving it along. There's no way to temporarily fix an intersection.”
Project engineering should be done by November, and Trenton will buy right of way this winter, she said.
The work is to create turn lanes on all four corners, install traffic signals and improve drainage, Ms. Shaw said. State money is covering $474,000 of the cost, while Trenton is paying $100,000 and St. Clair Township is providing $26,000.
The Butler County Engi neer's Office is doing the engineering and design.
The intersection lies in Trenton, as well as St. Clair and Wayne townships.
“It's been hard because we've had to deal with so many jurisdictions,” Ms. Shaw said.
The intersection has only a stop sign on Wayne-Madison.
Improvements cannot come soon enough for people who drive the area daily.
“I come through there every morning and every evening, and they just need a traffic light out there desperately,” said Lou Haizman, who works at a convenience store at the intersection. “All the people that live around here (are) up in arms about that. I've had some close calls out there myself.”
Development and the Miller brewery have made the intersection busier, which increases the likelihood of accidents, officials say.
“With the increase of residential and commercial development in that area, obviously traffic counts are higher,” said county engineer spokesman Chris Petrocy.
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