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REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE
7:00 PM, 2nd Monday (monthly)
at the Presbyterian Church
840 Timber Glen Dr., Wilmington
(South Wilmington, off of
W. Truesdell / S. SR 730)
The meeting is an open public meeting and non-members are
invited. All Clinton
County residents are invited to attend.
At each meeting, CCCRD will update the status of the
bypass issues. Also, we will be organizing for fund raising
and for public awareness of our purpose and cause (esp. the bypass
legal issues).
A brief summary of the cause for CCCRD initiating court
action:
1. The bypass project has not been planned and developed
adequately to protect our community's environmental
interests.
2. Federal and state laws have been and continue to be
violated regarding the bypass project.
3. The bottomline, ultimate goal for the bypass project to
meet the OVER-ALL Clinton County community's best interest has been
ignored.
Note: At the Wed., Oct 4th meeting, your commissioners
refused to answer CCCRD's questions specifically on the
commissioner's consent and co-operation agreement with ODOT (to
construct the bypass). Our questions were detailed and
specific about how the commissioner's made their decision to approve
the agreement with ODOT to construct the bypass project. The
commissioners refused to explain their actions in behalf of Clinton
County regarding the bypass project. Instead the commissioners
deferred to ODOT to answer in their (commissioners)
place.
To hear the audio for the Oct. 4 CCCRD / Clinton Co.
Commissioner's meeting click on the following
link:
http://www.wnewsj.com/ftp/images/Commissioner1004.WMA
Is it unreasonable to request that the Clinton County
Commissioners directly answer questions specifically about their
official actions in behalf of the citizens of Clinton County?
Such as: 1) What does the action(s) mean to
Clinton County financially? 2) What
are the reasons for and in support of the decision to commit Clinton
County to the conditions of the action(s)?
During the Oct. 4th meeting with the
commissioners, CCCRD was requesting THEIR (NOT
ODOT's) direct answers to eight (8) questions that were
specific and based on items 1 and 2 above.
Other issues,
thoughts and facts
The SR 73 Relocation
/ Wilmington bypass project fails to provide for the northern
Clinton County / Wilmington overall area’s need for:
1.
Safe and efficient transportation.
2.
A decisionmaking process that will assure the need for an
overall best interest solution to the environmental improvement of
the community’s highway system.
Factors contributing to the project's failure
are:
1.
The project segments (isolates) Wilmington / downtown from
the rest of the northern Clinton County community.
2.
The project is narrowly focused and biased in addressing
downtown Wilmington’s traffic issues only.
3.
The bypass project heavily favors downtown
Wilmington and DHL.
However, it’s difficult to recognize the DHL “win” with the
bypass (i.e. no direct connection to I-71 for interstate heavy
trucks). Any DHL to I-71 truck traffic STILL will not be
provided a safe, efficient DIRECT travel
route.
4.
The project does not provide for safe and efficient
transportation THROUGHOUT the northern Clinton County highway system
-- especially on SR 73 west, US 68 north, SR 72, and US 22/SR 3
east.
5.
The project does not provide for safe and efficient traffic
flow (esp. trucks) between DHL and I-71 (both
directions).
6.
The project does not provide comparison of other
reasonable alternative solutions (no plus & minus balance or
reasonable method of choice).
CONTACT
LIST
Contacts for
bypass comments and complaints (on going):
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ODOT’s bypass project
manager:
Hans
R. Jindal, PE
ODOT,
Dist. 8
505
South SR 741
Lebanon, OH
45036-9518
Phone: (800)
831-2142
Fax:
(513) 932-7651
E-mail: hans.jindal@dot.state.oh.us
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Ohio
Governor:
Governor Ted
Strickland
Governor's Office
Riffe Center, 30th
Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, OH
43215-6108
Phone: General
Info: (614) 466-3555
Fax: (614)
466-9354
Web page for direct
feedback:
http://www.governor.ohio.gov/ConstituentAffairs/ConcernsComments/tabid/101/Default.aspx
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ODOT: Director
James
Beasley
1980 W. Broad
St
Columbus,
OH
43223
Phone: (614) 466-7170
Web
page for direct feedback: http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/feedback.asp |
US EPA
Kenneth Westlake,
Chief
NEPA Implementation
Section
US
EPA, Region 5
Mailbox
No. B-19J
77
West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago,
IL 60604-3590
Phone: (312)
886-2910
E-mail:
westlake.kenneth@epamail.epa.gov
Web
page for direct feedback: http://www.epa.gov/Region5/enforcement/ecitcomp.htm |
ODOT: Dist. 8, Major Project
Coordinator
Larry
Hoffman
1980 W. Broad
St
Columbus, OH
43223
(614)
466-6439
E-mail: lhoffman@dot.state.oh.us
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ODOT: Office of
Environmental Services
Tim
Hill, Administrator
ODOT,
Office of Environmental
Services
1980
West Broad St.
Columbus, OH
43223
Phone: (614)
644-0377
Email: Tim.Hill@dot.state.oh.us |
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US
Senator:
George V.
Voinovich
524
Hart Senate Office
Bldg.
Washington, DC
20510
Phone: (202)
224-3353 |
US
Senator:
Sherrod
Brown
United States
Senate
Washington, DC
20510
Phone: (202) 224-2315 |
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US
Representative:
Mike
Turner
3rd
District
1740
Longworth House Office Bldg
Washington, DC
20515
Phone: (202)
225-6465
E-mail: oh03.wyr@mail.house.gov
(Wilmington
office)
15 E.
Main St.
Phone: 383-8931 Fax:
383-8910 |
FHWA (over Mark Vonder
Embse)
Dennis
Decker
FHWA
200
N. High Street
Columbus, OH
43215
Phone: (614)
280-6822
E-mail: Dennis.Decker@fhwa.dot.gov
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Ohio State
Senator:
John
Carey
Senate Building
Room #127, First
Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone:
614/466-8156
E-mail:
sd17@mailr.sen.state.oh.us |
Ohio State
Representative:
David
Daniels
86th House
District
77 S.
High St., 11th Floor
Columbus, OH
43215
(614)
466-3506
E-mail: district86@ohr.state.oh.us
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