Thursday, November 04, 1999
Union wants new route for 42 bypass
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
UNION — City officials are reorganizing, seeking citizen support and may soon ask the state — again — to find a new route for the U.S. 42 bypass.
“If I can have the majority of Union residents — 80 or 90 percent would be awesome — then I'll take it higher,” said Union Commissioner Gina Logsdon, meaning she would skip the Kentucky Department of Transportation and head straight to the governor's office.
State highway officials are planning a new, five-lane bypass — complete with bike lanes and two sidewalks — that will be nearly 3 miles long. The route is planned to bypass the city's main business district and essentially would split the town into east and west sides.
Officials say it would run between the Union Village and Plantation Pointe subdivisions and the existing U.S. 42.
The city had decided in late September to give up trying to get the road moved and focus on getting a development plan in place so zoning decisions wouldn't overlap construction.
That was until Wednesday night's special meeting. Union commissioners voted 4-0 to draft a legal petition, stating that residents are not in favor of the bypass as it is proposed, but want a split road concept.
This concept, which the state rejected, would allow two northbound lanes and two southbound lanes with development in the middle, rather than a five-lane highway.
Many of the nearly 30 residents in the audience voiced their support.
“I do not want this monster of a highway running through my back yard, so to speak,” Union resident David Clites said.
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Union wants new route for 42 bypass
