UNION TOWNSHIP — A new Wal-Mart Supercenter in the Eastgate area could mean improvements to roads near the bustling shopping center.

Pat Manger, deputy Clermont County engineer, said improvements are planned for the intersection of Glen Este-Withamsville and Aicholtz roads. One proposal is moving the

Veterans Park entrance to a location directly across from Aicholtz, allowing for a four-way stop with a traffic light.

“This is still very early in the planning and conceptual stages,” Mr. Manger said.

The improvement might include a left-turn lane off Glen Este-Withamsville onto Aicholtz, which serves as an alternate route to Wal-Mart and Eastgate Boulevard.

Wal-Mart hopes to begin construction on its Supercenter in the spring. The existing store will remain open but will be demolished when the new store opens.

William Campbell of 4306 Aicholtz Road has lived at a corner of the busy intersection for 45 years and isn't sure the improvements will alleviate the traffic.

“When I moved we had a half -dozen cars go by a day, but they built Wal-Mart and all the other shopping centers and it's been nothing but traffic,” he said. “When they expand Wal-Mart, it's going to be a bear.”

Usually drivers are polite, even during the heavy shopping season at Christmas. When he wants to turn left out of his driveway, other drivers always seem willing to let him out, he said.

Pat Carpenter has lived along Glen Este-Withamsville across from Veterans Park for 12 years and has learned to just accept the traffic.

“The traffic issues are going to happen no matter what,” she said. “It's only really bad in the evenings and on Saturdays.”

But she's concerned a traffic light at Aicholtz might make the road more congested than it already is by stopping traffic.

And Greg Farley, who also lives across from the park, can see advantages and disadvantages to the stoplight.

“I would imagine (it would help), but it might make it more difficult for me to get out of my driveway. Either way, it's not a big deal,” he said.

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