Friday, October 29, 1999
Section of new Butler highway to open today
Link should ease congestion on secondary roads
BY DAVID ECK
Enquirer Contributor
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP — Commuters in Union and Liberty townships might find some secondary roads a little roomier on the way home today.
With the Butler Regional Highway nearly complete, Butler County Transportation Improvement District (TID) officials are set to open the highway's Interstate 75-to-Cincinnati-Dayton Road link. It should be open by today's evening rush hour.
“This opening will help alleviate much of the congestion on Hamilton-Mason, Cincinnati-Dayton and Tylersville roads,” said Greg Wilkens, TID executive director. “It will have a significant impact on the traveling patterns in this area and reduce the amount of time many motorists spend driving.”
A one-mile stretch at the highway's western end opened earlier this month and the entire road is scheduled to open in December. The highway runs from Hamilton through Fairfield and Liberty townships to I-75.
“This (opening) is really going to make a huge impact,” said Monica Menke-
Watts, TID director of communications. “I think it will really help the traffic problem people see in those areas.”
The 11-mile, $158 million highway is about 91 percent complete and should open eight months ahead of schedule, Mrs. Watts said. Interchanges on the four-lane divided highway are at Bypass 4, Ohio 747, Cincinnati-Dayton Road and the highway's connection with I-75.
Discussed for most of four decades, the road is expected to spur economic development in Hamilton and parts of Liberty and Fairfield townships. At the Cincinnati-Dayton Road interchange a handful of new stores have opened recently or are under construction, including a Thriftway and several restaurants.
In addition to the highway, the TID has planned and facilitated several projects including the Union Centre interchange with I-75, the widening and extension of Muhlhauser Road, the Symmes Road extension, the widening of Ohio 747 and the Bypass 4/Ohio 4 intersection improvements and relocation of Reigart Road.
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