HAMILTON — Butler County commissioners on Thursday approved the financing for major improvements at Princeton Road and the Ohio 4 Bypass.

        The commissioners agreed to issue $2.4 million in bonds that Fairfield Township will repay through a tax-increment financing fund.

        Construction can begin Oct. 15 at the intersection, in a high-growth area that is attracting commercial development. The project is expected to be completed by Dec. 21.

        A Home Depot store will open Oct. 17, and a Wal-Mart will open April 1 at the intersection.

        Other developments in the area include Murphy Oil, a Wendy's restaurant, the Regency Center strip plaza and two national restaurant chains.

        The plans include: adding four lanes on Princeton Road west of the Ohio 4 Bypass, adding three lanes at the Winford Avenue-Princeton Road intersection and adding turn lanes on Princeton, east of the Ohio 4 Bypass.

        Plans also call for adding three lanes extending 350 feet north and south on Ohio 4 Bypass, raising Princeton Road east of the Ohio 4 Bypass to improve safety, and adding signals at the Ohio 4 Bypass and Princeton Road and at Winford and Princeton. “This will help us control traffic and maintain safety,” said Ron Randolph, Fairfield Township administrator.

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