Friday, February 25, 2000
OKI to oversee traffic plan
Agency to aid N.Butler corridor project
BY JENNY CALLISON
Enquirer Contributor
OXFORD — A group charged with planning ways to improve traffic flow in northern Butler County has learned that its project is finally on the map.
An advisory committee for the Northern Butler County Corridor Project has been meeting to discuss growing traffic congestion in the area, and possible solutions. Now the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) has agreed to oversee the project — and that's good news, said Jane Howington, planning director for Oxford.
“Having OKI on board helps to create a partnership between them and northern Butler County,” she said. “No project can be funded without OKI's approval, so this assures that they will be familiar with the process and the recommendations.”
Representatives of the regional agency met Wednesday with committee members and other area leaders. Bob Koehler, OKI Transportation Planning Division manager, will guide the study process.
Mr. Koehler and representatives of the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Butler County Engineer's Office and communities from Monroe to Oxford will try to forecast growth and will study vehicle trips in the northwest portion of the county.
The study will identify the area's traffic problems and should generate ideas for a traffic corridor, said Jim Duane, executive director of OKI.
The study process, which will take 18 to 24 months, must include an array of environmental studies. Construction is likely years away.
The Northern Butler County Corridor Study is expected to cost about $200,000 and will be paid for by the Butler County Engineer's Office.
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