Finances in order for $50M Liberty Interchange project

State Rep. Courtney Combs says project may help create thousands of jobs

ERIC SCHWARTZBERG / [email protected]

January 9, 2007

 

HAMILTON - By month's end, financing for the $50 million Liberty Interchange project will be in place.

 

Liberty Twp. trustees, Butler County commissioners and West Chester Twp. trustees will finalize their individual monetary commitments to the project in the coming weeks, said John Fonner, executive director for the Butler County Transportation Improvement District.

 

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Liberty exit money coming together

BY JENNIFER BAKER | [email protected]

January 10, 2007

 

WEST CHESTER TWP. – By the end of this month, the funding plan for the $50 million Liberty interchange project along Interstate 75 should be in place.

 

After initially balking, West Chester trustees informally agreed late Tuesday to their part of the plan – to devote $6 million to an expanded exit and related road work along Hamilton-Mason Road in neighboring Liberty Township.

 

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Interchange looks like a go

Funds for proposed Liberty project should by in place by end of month

BY JENNIFER BAKER | [email protected]

 

WEST CHESTER TWP. - By the end of this month, the funding plan for the $50 million Liberty interchange project along Interstate 75 should be in place.

 

After initially balking, West Chester Township trustees informally agreed Tuesday to their part of the plan - to devote $6 million for an expanded exit and related road work along Hamilton-Mason Road in neighboring Liberty Township.

 

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Finances in order for $50M Liberty Interchange project

 

"What we have to sell Columbus and the governor's office on is that Butler County is a generator of jobs, which is going to make Ohio look good," said Combs who said a unified voice can help the county garner financial support for projects such as the Liberty Interchange, which Combs said could help create thousands of jobs in the area.

 

Lets hope that these jobs are new jobs to the region and not a loss for existing areas.

$50 Million dollars for a single highway exit that is only going to make traffic worse and create more sprawl in an area that suffers from both.

West Chester Twp. OKs Liberty Interchange funding

MATT CUNNINGHAM / [email protected]

January 24, 2007

 

WEST CHESTER TWP. — West Chester Twp. trustees voted Tuesday night to fund a $6 million share of the Liberty Interchange project.

 

The project will include improved access at the Interstate 75/Ohio 129 interchange and the widening of Hamilton-Mason Road.

 

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$50 Million dollars for a single highway exit that is only going to make traffic worse and create more sprawl in an area that suffers from both.

 

And if and when they end up building the interchange they'll then complain about about all the congestion :?.

TID OKs $43M for Liberty Interchange

CHRIS DUMOND / [email protected]

January 30, 2007

 

HAMILTON — Expected to usher in more than 5,000 new jobs and millions in economic growth, the Butler County Transportation Improvement District Board of Trustees Monday voted to issue $43 million in bonds to pay for Liberty Interchange project.

 

The project will add a new interchange on Interstate 75 at Hamilton-Mason Road, and although it will be funded separately from the bond issue, extend Cox Road north to the Green Crest Golf Course.

 

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And if and when they end up building the interchange they'll then complain about about all the congestion :?.

 

QFT (Quoted for truth)

 

Thats exactly what will happen.  Then they'll complain to widen the roads even more.  Meaningless 10 lane interchange to nowhere, here we come! -_-

I think they like how  Union center has progress after it has been built, being the first new interchange on I-75 in 30 years. Now 2 more, this and Austin pike.

^not to be overly picky, but it's Union Centre, don't ask why

 

Yay, first post.

 

I don't support this project, but i do feel that there is some point to it. I live in northern Mason :-( and there is no quick and easy way to get to 75 (during rush hours, that is), as Tylersville is plugged and going to 129 involves going way out of your way. Anyways, they should trash the project, but they'll just end up filling the whole area between Mason and Monroe with highway exits and interchanges so it can all fill up with sprawl. (and i hope the cox rd. extension continues the bike lane, its a first for this whole area).

Here is the grand idea for this interchange...we'll see if something even close to this comes about...

it is still mostly surface lots the roads would appear (they would almost have to be) to be large collector roads, so the pedestrian activity would be nearly zero when you factor in all the parking is probably free so people will just drive from one lot to the other.  it seems like dense sprawl, but sprawl none the less.

I-75 exit gets under way

Development expected with Liberty interchange

BY AMBER ELLIS | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

December 13, 2007

 

LIBERTY TWP. - A groundbreaking ceremony today for the long-awaited Liberty interchange project signals what local leaders are calling the start of growth, development and an important transportation link for the fast-growing township.

 

"It's going to be the catalyst for the commercial, economic development for Liberty Township," said Trustee Pat Hiltman. "We've broken the barriers down. ... This should be the beginning of many things to come."

 

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Critics see the project as a precursor to Sub-urban sprawl, traffic congestion and the end of a once-rural Butler County township that has more than tripled its population to 33,000 since 1990.

 

I think this should be qualified by adding sub- because this area is a far cry from anything remotely urban.  This project is Liberty Twnship's effort to create jobs (and taxes) to pay for all the exurban single-family mess that they've created.

New I-75 exit in the works

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081217/NEWS01/312170098/1055/NEWS

 

Workers on Wednesday installed one of several signs along I-75 that eventually will guide drivers to new exit ramps from I-75 onto Hamilton-Mason Road.

 

It's the latest step in the $41 million Liberty Interchange Project, which includes an expanded interchange and an extension of Cox Road.

 

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What a waste!  I could think of so many better ways to spend $41M.

What a waste! I could think of so many better ways to spend $41M.

 

highways cost money?

What a waste! I could think of so many better ways to spend $41M.

It's funded by TIFF. Unless you live in the area it's not effecting your taxes. If this is a waste then every other interchange has been a waste. Look down the road at Union Center.

It's the latest step in the $41 million Liberty Interchange Project, which includes an expanded interchange and an extension of Cox Road.

 

Where are they extending Cox Road to, 63 still? I thought that they wouldn't do that now with Four Bridges and all that other $400K+ housing built in the area, because I thought that the plan was to turn the area into an industrial park. However, I guess that they could do an endless office park type of deal, but that would still be too much commotion for the geniuses who thought that buying a $400,000 house with no historic value right by the interstate was such a good idea. Oh well.

What a waste!  I could think of so many better ways to spend $41M.

It's funded by TIFF. Unless you live in the area it's not effecting your taxes. If this is a waste then every other interchange has been a waste. Look down the road at Union Center.

 

Like I said - there are better things to spend the money on - regardless of where it comes from. 

That graphic shows an exit but not an entrance to the Butler County Highway.  What a crying shame. 

I thought the highway was suppose to connect with cox road. I guess not.