A study to be released today concludes that a proposed $77 million highway over the Little Miami River, a designated National Wild and Scenic River, would cause irreversible damage to the river corridor.

        The study, sponsored by the Sierra Club, was written by Xavier University biology professor Stanley Hedeen and University of Cincinnati biology professor Michael Miller.

        The Little Miami “is one of the finest natural areas in southwestern Ohio, and to put a highway through there seems to be awfully shortsighted,” said Mr. Hedeen.

        The report is part of a Sierra Club campaign against the highway project.

        The 10-mile highway project includes a proposed four- to six-lane bridge across the Little Miami near Fairfax that would create a link between Interstate 71 at Red Bank Road and Interstate 275 near Eastgate Mall.

        Although proponents say the project could solve traffic congestion problems, the study found that the highway would increase traffic congestion, urban sprawl and create water, air and noise pollution.

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