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New Ohio Law Promises to Tear Down Neighborhoods for Highways (usa.streetsblog.org)
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[-] thal3s@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 year ago

An Ohio law would require state transportation officials to build highway interchanges every 4.5 miles — even if they have to tear down homes and businesses to do it.

That’s crazy.

The targeted neighborhood homes primarily belong to retired persons, young families, or others on a fixed income.

Of course.

In March 2023, hours before the Ohio state governor signed the new House Bill 23, State Representative Tom Patton wrote new language in the transportation budget

And done in an underhanded way.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 26 points 1 year ago

If there's no fuckin' houses left there what's the interchange needed for?

[-] al177@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 year ago

"It's a bypass. You've got to build bypasses."

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

The plans have been on display for ages

[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

"It was in the cellar."

"That's the display department."

[-] al177@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

"It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet, stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'."

"It’s not as if it is a particularly nice house anyway."

[-] troybot@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago

I live nearby so I can give some perspective . The area is a large sprawl of developments between two of the biggest Cleveland suburbs. The homes that will be demolished near the highway have been there for decades. They have two nearby exits already so it's a mild inconvenience to drive 5 minutes up the road.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Big box stores.

[-] DrAnthony@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Of course, and they are banking on the voter fatigue from the whole Issue 1 ordeal to give them cover.

[-] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Damn, I really hope they don't get it. This whole thing is so fucked.

[-] djsaskdja@endlesstalk.org 6 points 1 year ago

New law same as the old law.

[-] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Here around we have a few interchanges only 10km/6miles apart, which is already quite close. So basically an interchange every 5min on the motorway and 15/20min apart if you take parallel roads. But to mandate such a thing … wow.

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