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On 5/16/2019 at 8:50 PM, taestell said:

His opinion changes from day to day based on what he thinks will get more faves and RTs. He's a total clown.

 

Sounds like he'd be a shoo-in for Cincinnati City Council.

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On ‎5‎/‎21‎/‎2019 at 12:02 PM, jack.c.amos said:

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They say this development "will fill in the missing tooth"... this building did a pretty good job of that.

 

 

This building stood until 1998 or 1999.  It was the tallest in Newport and stood at the exact site of the...bell.  

 

 

On ‎5‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 8:41 PM, troeros said:

He also plans to run for mayor and has a somewhat large following on social media and most importantly, is rich. He lives in a fancy loft at Findley market and doesn't work. He has the type of money to burn on a mayoral 2020 campaign. 

 

 

Where did the guy's money come from?  He seems completely detached from reality.  

 

More than $28 million mixed-use development coming to Newport’s World Peace Bell site

 

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A large mixed-use development is moving forward at the World Peace Bell site in Newport.

 

Newport City Commission unanimously approved plans for a development that would include a hotel, office building, retail space and a parking garage on the site. The World Peace Bell site is more than 2.1 acres that is bordered by Monmouth, York, Fourth and Fifth streets. 

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While the hotel brand has not been announced, the developers told city officials the brand will likely be a Home2 Suites by Hilton. Negotiations with a potential office tenant are ongoing.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/05/21/more-than-28-million-mixed-use-development-coming.html

 

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That's pretty much what I was expecting, but with a bit more office, which should be a good thing for the area. Hopefully luminaut can make the parking garage somewhat attractive, especially as the new backdrop for the peace bell but also on the facade facing the Syndicate and Mocha. That rendering mentions facade/cladding for the parking garage so at least it's been mentioned, hopefully it's better than the random red metal screens on U Square's garage.

On 5/21/2019 at 12:02 PM, jack.c.amos said:

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They say this development "will fill in the missing tooth"... this building did a pretty good job of that.

Why exactly did they knock down this building?  Besides the peace bell which seems to have no point the rest of that area has been a surface parking lot for as long as I can remember.  

26 minutes ago, Cincy513 said:

Why exactly did they knock down this building?  Besides the peace bell which seems to have no point the rest of that area has been a surface parking lot for as long as I can remember.  

Late 90's. Ive got pictures of the Demo somewhere in my photo closet. Had beautiful terracotta at the top and base just like in the postcard above. It was a office building and may have had state offices in it. It was torn down specifically by the Hosea group for the bell/Millenium tower project that turned into what we have now. Initially there was talk of tearing the entire block to the north down too along with the Southgate House/Thompson House so that there would be a clear view and greenspace from the river to this block where the huge space needle tower was suposed to be built. Ahhh the 90's

 

One more. This is the Fire HQ that was mentioned in the article above that was also torn down at the same time. I believe there were a few other random buildings on this block too with the one at the south west being a liquor store of some sort. My memory is a bit fuzzy on the things that don't stand out much. NFDFireHouse1976Addition.jpg

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Newport commissioners OK final stage of riverfront walking, biking pathway

By Mitchell Parton  – Intern, Cincinnati Business Courier

 

The final stage of a project to complete an 11.5-mile walking/biking path along the Northern Kentucky side of the Ohio River has received approval by commissioners.

Newport city commissioners have approved a memorandum of understanding with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to construct two elevated pedestrian walkways connecting the Riverfront Commons pathway to the Taylor-Southgate Bridge, according to a statement released from the city of Newport on July 25.

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On ‎7‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 4:39 PM, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

Newport commissioners OK final stage of riverfront walking, biking pathway

By Mitchell Parton  – Intern, Cincinnati Business Courier

 

The final stage of a project to complete an 11.5-mile walking/biking path along the Northern Kentucky side of the Ohio River has received approval by commissioners.

Newport city commissioners have approved a memorandum of understanding with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to construct two elevated pedestrian walkways connecting the Riverfront Commons pathway to the Taylor-Southgate Bridge, according to a statement released from the city of Newport on July 25.

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I am confused.  Will the path continue on a bridge underneath the approach or something?  Because if there is only a connection to either side of the bridge, then people will have to cross the roadway on the bridge itself.  So will they put a pedestrian cross signal there?  

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Northern Kentucky city considers entertainment district designation

 

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Bellevue City Council is considering the adoption of an ordinance to designate the entirety of Fairfield Avenue as an entertainment district, WVXU reports.

 

The designation allows for the sale of alcoholic beverages within the common areas of the entertainment district and also allows for patrons at one spot to leave, drink in hand, and walk outdoors with the drink. Upon approval from city council, the issue is sent to the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for a license.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/08/22/northern-kentucky-city-considers-entertainment.html

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$200M racing, gaming venue coming to NKY

 

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Churchill Downs Inc. will expand its racing and gaming operations in the state by adding a facility in Northern Kentucky that could cost $200 million.  

 

The Louisville-based company unveiled plans and renderings Thursday evening for New Latonia Racing & Gaming, which will host a racetrack, a historical race wagering facility and year-round training facilities, according to a news release. An exact location for the track was not disclosed. Latonia is a neighborhood in the south part of Covington, a few miles south of Cincinnati.

 

CDI said it will now file an application with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to host a live winter 2020 Thoroughbred race meet at Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville until the New Latonia facility is complete. The goal is then to transition races under that license to Northern Kentucky on a long-term basis.

 

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Churchill Downs to buy Turfway Park

 

Jack Entertainment LLC, the owner of Turfway Park, has agreed to sell Turfway Park in Florence to Churchill Downs Inc.

 

A CDI subsidiary, NKYRG LLC, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Turfway Park from Jack Ohio LLC and Hard Rock International for $46 million, subject to certain working capital and other purchase price adjustments.

 

The closing of the sale is contingent upon approval by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. The commission is scheduled to meet Oct. 8, and, if the change of control is approved, the parties anticipate closing on the transaction soon after.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/10/03/churchill-downs-to-buy-turfway-park.html

 

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100-acre residential development starts along Ohio River

 

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Ashley Builders Group has broken ground on Sanctuary Village, a residential community on nearly 100 acres overlooking the Ohio River in Villa Hills.

 

Construction on Sanctuary Village is expected to begin this fall. Ashley Builders purchased the property in 2017 from the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery to fund their retirement. Jason Yeager, partner with Ashley Builders who oversees the residential division, said the Benedictine Sisters drove the idea to create something innovative and thoughtful with the property.

 

“We are so grateful the sisters decided to partner with us,” Yeager said.

 

The Ashley Builders team worked on the design concept for Sanctuary Village for more than a year, traveling to communities across the country to look at this type of development planning.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/10/15/exclusive-100-acre-residential-development-starts.html

 

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Turfway Park renovation plans revealed

 

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Turfway Park will get a new grandstand, bars and other amenities if Churchill Downs’ preliminary plans to rebuild the facility come to fruition.

 

Louisville-based Churchill Downs, which bought the Florence horse racing facility Oct. 9 for $46 million from Jack Entertainment and Hard Rock International, plans to build a 2,500-seat grandstand, a ballroom area and several bars at Turfway, according to plans Churchill Downs officials presented to Florence City Council Tuesday night. A rendering indicates a bourbon bar would be included at the facility.

 

The sale of the track was completed a day after the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved the deal.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/10/17/turfway-park-renovation-plans-revealed.html

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NKY developer’s largest project brings loft apartments to Bellevue

 

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Tony Kreutzjans has completed a number of redevelopment projects in Northern Kentucky in the $1 million to $3 million range in the last four years. But Kreutzjans, president of Orleans Development, was ready to step up to the next level.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/12/26/nky-developer-s-largest-project-brings-loft.html

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Turfway Park’s renovation to be on fast track

 

Turfway Park fans probably won’t need to miss any local horse racing as a result of the massive $100 million renovation Churchill Downs Inc. is planning for the track.

 

Churchill has been approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to host racing in December at Turfway Park, as the Florence track typically does. The KHRC has Turfway scheduled on its calendar to host racing on 13 dates in December, beginning Dec. 2.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/01/14/turfway-park-s-renovation-to-be-on-fast-track.html

 

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$20M luxury condo development coming to NKY

 

The development team that built 125 luxury condominiums in Mariemont and brought dozens of luxury condos to the heart of Hyde Park has started construction on a new project in Northern Kentucky.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/02/04/20m-luxury-condo-development-coming-to-nky.html

 

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New oncology building at St. Elizabeth is looking good, and this is the back of it. I like that the terra-cotta panels kind of matches the brown brick used everywhere else on campus but the building still looks really modern and new. 

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Construction ramps up on luxury condo project in Newport

 

Work to transform the former Newport Baptist Convalescent Home into luxury condominiums is ramping up.

 

120 Main St. LLC, whose members include Ed Horgan, Marc Gilioli, Ben Trautman and John Trautman, are transforming the building into Skypoint Luxury Condos with total of 45 condos. Work is underway on the first phase including 21 condos plus the development’s amenity areas.

 

Horgan said about 60 tradespeople are in the building currently, working on plumbing, electricity and HVAC. The goal is for drywall to start going up next week.

 

As we toured the building this week, Horgan explained most of the first phase units have 63 linear feet of floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of the Cincinnati skyline.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/02/14/construction-ramps-up-on-luxury-condo-project-in.html

 

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Woof.  Until I saw the pool I thought it was a self-storage facility, or a medical research lab.  

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New Residential Community Planned on Beverly Hills Supper Club Site

https://www.rcnky.com/articles/2020/05/07/new-residential-community-planned-beverly-hills-supper-club-site

 

A new development is coming to the former site of the Beverly Hills Supper Club, the famed Northern Kentucky destination that burned in the late 1970s, killing 165 people. The estimated $65 million project includes single-family homes, apartments, and an assisted living facility, and will also include a memorial to the victims of the 1977 fire.

 

Memorial Point will be built in phases over approximately five years with construction tentatively scheduled to begin in the fall of 2021. The project will include:

 

89 single-family, two to four bedroom homes that will be offered starting in the upper $300,000 range. A Home Owners Association will maintain the units, a neighborhood park and greenspace.

 

100 to 200 luxury apartments that will offer rents from $1,100 to $2,000 a month and feature a common area that includes a swimming pool, indoor exercise facility and an event center for parties, meetings, family gatherings, etc.

 

A for-profit assisted living facility of 79 residential units that with care and support fees will be offered at $3,000 to $6,000 a month.

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New Residential Community Planned on Beverly Hills Supper Club Site

https://www.rcnky.com/articles/2020/05/07/new-residential-community-planned-beverly-hills-supper-club-site

 

A new development is coming to the former site of the Beverly Hills Supper Club, the famed Northern Kentucky destination that burned in the late 1970s, killing 165 people. The estimated $65 million project includes single-family homes, apartments, and an assisted living facility, and will also include a memorial to the victims of the 1977 fire.

 

Memorial Point will be built in phases over approximately five years with construction tentatively scheduled to begin in the fall of 2021. The project will include:

 

89 single-family, two to four bedroom homes that will be offered starting in the upper $300,000 range. A Home Owners Association will maintain the units, a neighborhood park and greenspace.

 

100 to 200 luxury apartments that will offer rents from $1,100 to $2,000 a month and feature a common area that includes a swimming pool, indoor exercise facility and an event center for parties, meetings, family gatherings, etc.

 

A for-profit assisted living facility of 79 residential units that with care and support fees will be offered at $3,000 to $6,000 a month.

The rendering photo is the same exact photo that was used for the New Madisonville apartments on the corner of Madison and Stewart.

 

https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/about-city-planning/city-planning-commission/nov-1-2019-packet/

wow so lazy

Here is the update site:

https://www.drivingnkyprogress.org/gravesrd

 

Here are the official project photos:

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Here are my own pictures of the new Graves Road interchange (Exit 9?) on I-275. iPhone pics taken April 14. 

 

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New overpass...Williams Road is pictured. This section of Williams was a realignment necessitated by the original construction of 275 in  the 1970s.

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More Graves Road pics (again...iPhone pics so sorry about quality and composition). This time from May 16. This project is flying along as expected.

 

This view is looking NE along the ROW of the new Graves Road as it approaches 275. This vantage point will be in the area where the cross-over sits.

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Looking ESE at overpass.

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SSE at overpass.

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WSW at overpass.

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I used to live in the area off 237.  Absolutely do not miss the crazy traffic out there!! This will alleviate some traffic but is just a band-aid.  The airport positioning to 275 and the surrounding terrain make designing roads extremely difficult. 

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Greater Cincinnati university building $27M dorm, first new residence hall in 17 years

 

A Greater Cincinnati university is building its first new residence hall in 17 years, a $27 million 297-bed dormitory across five stories.

 

Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights broke ground May 28 on the five-story, 77,200-square-foot development, the first new student housing construction on campus since 2003. Construction on the project began in late April and is expected to be ready for occupancy for the fall 2021 semester. It will be the NKU's first housing complex to achieve LEED Silver certification upon completion.

 

The residence hall will house 297 beds in semi-suite style, with large lounge areas, meeting rooms and a lighted event plaza. Amenities include a hammock area and adjacent parking, large common space for leisure activities and student gathering, a double-sided demonstration kitchen, a large laundry facility and centrally placed study and meeting rooms on each floor.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/05/28/nku-building-27m-dorm-first-new-residence-hall-in.html

 

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Inspiring architecture.

On 5/29/2020 at 8:35 AM, Chas Wiederhold said:

Inspiring architecture.

With most of the buildings on campus being exposed concrete, this will bring some much needed warmth and color.

 

Moody Nolan can do good work, so I'm gonna mostly blame NKU (and the state's lack of a budget) for this one. 

On 5/19/2020 at 4:33 PM, richNcincy said:

I used to live in the area off 237.  Absolutely do not miss the crazy traffic out there!! This will alleviate some traffic but is just a band-aid.  The airport positioning to 275 and the surrounding terrain make designing roads extremely difficult. 

 I tend to respectfully disagree to an extent. There's a good "loop" of four lane access completely surrounding the airport. CVG and the surrounding few miles are the latest flattest in NKY. Although, I do see where you are coming from when you consider some of the legacy roads that still exist with their switchbacks around CVG. Turfway Road being a good example. It's also true that some of the creek valleys are pretty dicey once you get further away from CVG. (Gunpowder, Elijah, Sand Run, etc.)

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A couple more Graves Road pix from 6/4/20. I don't think this overall plan has evert been put up here so I've also included that first. Lots of fill and grading happening for this whole project since the realigned Graves Road is mostly being moved into a lower area of the terrain that includes a tributary of Woolper Creek. 

  

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June 19-21, 2020 progress on the new Graves Road interchange on I-275 in Boone County. Future Exit 9 (?).

 

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Looking WB.

 

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North approach.

 

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Looking east on Williams Road

 

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East on WiIliams Road where new approach of Grave Road from north will be located.

 

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Looking east.

 

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Looking west.

 

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$42 million for this sprawl exit that nobody's even heard of, $20 million to rebuild the Union Centre exit that's only 20 years old, $100 million (supposedly, final numbers don't seem to be available anywhere) for the I-71 MLK exit, all given a pass while the streetcar is constantly bombarded with toxic rhetoric.  

46 minutes ago, jjakucyk said:

$42 million for this sprawl exit that nobody's even heard of, $20 million to rebuild the Union Centre exit that's only 20 years old, $100 million (supposedly, final numbers don't seem to be available anywhere) for the I-71 MLK exit, all given a pass while the streetcar is constantly bombarded with toxic rhetoric.  

But everyone utilizes roads!!! No one uses mass transit!   It's a fatal flaw in our residents thought process.  

On 6/21/2020 at 12:34 PM, jjakucyk said:

$42 million for this sprawl exit that nobody's even heard of, $20 million to rebuild the Union Centre exit that's only 20 years old, $100 million (supposedly, final numbers don't seem to be available anywhere) for the I-71 MLK exit, all given a pass while the streetcar is constantly bombarded with toxic rhetoric.  

 Not totally disagreeing with you. I completely agree with you line of thought on the streetcar and I think Union Centre having to be rebuilt is just goofy. MLK may turn out to be a good economic driver when it's all done. But if it were scrutinized like the streetcar...?

 

The Graves Road project can surely be classified as a sprawl project but it leaves out a big part of the story that this exit is largely a result of freight growth at the airport and the Amazon economy. The infrastructure this supports (500k/1M sqft warehouses) could not be built in the urban core, no? Have the homebuilders and needless retail developers moved in to carve out their zoning corners for their purposes? Yep.

 

Believe it or not this will set the stage for distribution use all the way to the KY20 exit.

Question for you Rabbit Hash, my parents are out in Hebron near the edge of civilization, and when I've looked at maps it appears all sewer/stormwater ends West of Graves RD, so where does Petersburg/Creation Museum/Rabbit Hash have it's waste and stormwater go? Does the entire creation museum have a huge septic tank? If Petersburg Exit does take-off with distribution facilities will they need to create a new lines that run through the hills of Boone County to the Western facility or will these have to be pumped back towards the Dry Creek facility?

1 hour ago, Rabbit Hash said:

 Not totally disagreeing with you. I completely agree with you line of thought on the streetcar and I think Union Centre having to be rebuilt is just goofy. MLK may turn out to be a good economic driver when it's all done. But if it were scrutinized like the streetcar...?

 

The Graves Road project can surely be classified as a sprawl project but it leaves out a big part of the story that this exit is largely a result of freight growth at the airport and the Amazon economy. The infrastructure this supports (500k/1M sqft warehouses) could not be built in the urban core, no? Have the homebuilders and needless retail developers moved in to carve out their zoning corners for their purposes? Yep.

 

Believe it or not this will set the stage for distribution use all the way to the KY20 exit.

 

The problem I have with the Amazon stuff in Boone County is that we're making hundreds of millions of dollars in investments to open up new land for development and the leadership in NKY is billing it as this amazing thing that is going to bring so many jobs and so much growth to NKY. Well, there will be jobs in the short term for sure. But they are going to mostly be low-paying warehouse jobs. And in 10 years or so they'll all be replaced with robots. Then we're going to have a real crisis on our hands. It's like taking a second mortgage out on your house, handing the money to Jeff Bezos, and asking him to please be gentle when he punches you in the face.

I live in a "warehouse town". It helps cities of 10,000 and under big time, but once you get over 10K it doesn't really do anything except add a bunch of semis to the roads.

I think some planners would argue that this new exit is exactly the type of highway investment Greater Cincinnati/OKI should be making because it adds more connectivity and focuses growth within our existing "urban growth boundary." Obviously our region does not have an officially designated growth boundary the way some other regions do, but the concept is the same. Adding a new exit that enables development within the I-275 loop and within a half-hour drive of Downtown Cincinnati is a much better investment than, say, adding a extra lanes to I-75 and I-71 or building that new East Side Bypass through Clermont County sprawl. Of course our region needs to do a lot better about investing in transit and encouraging development within existing urban areas! But as far as highway spending goes, this new exit is not the most wasteful spending, IMO.

2 hours ago, taestell said:

But as far as highway spending goes, this new exit is not the most wasteful spending, IMO.

 

I agree.  It should also be pointed out that Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and other super-flat cities are able to expand endlessly in all directions and without state boundaries which is how they've been able to keep living expenses cheap and avoid issues with companies moving 5 miles from one state to another.  Having an airport in another state is impossible when there are no state lines for 100+ miles in any direction.  

 

However, if Cincinnati expands from 2 million to 4 million there will be a broad push into flat farm land mostly in Ohio and far from CVG.  There simply isn't much flat land left in the NKY counties.  

3 hours ago, DEPACincy said:

And in 10 years or so they'll all be replaced with robots.

 

Nope.  The Prime Air service is a lot different than UPS or Fedex or DHL or the U.S. Post Office.  Products beyond a specific dimension and weight are simply not part of the Prime Air system.  This is why the Prime Air service, on paper, seems "automated" - because they're purposely keeping the stuff that can't be automated out of the system.  UPS and Fedex Next Day Air have been doing this for a long time but those carriers also ship oversized and overweight stuff.   The new Prime Air facility at CVG is only going to have 1,000 employees but will handle much more cargo than DHL.  But...DHL at CVG is literally a circus. They ship anything ranging from a birthday card up to an Arab prince's polo horses.  They ship lions, tigers, and bears.  That's why 900 people clock in there every night at 11pm and they have 300% annual turnover.  

 

1 hour ago, jmecklenborg said:

 

Nope.  The Prime Air service is a lot different than UPS or Fedex or DHL or the U.S. Post Office.  Products beyond a specific dimension and weight are simply not part of the Prime Air system.  This is why the Prime Air service, on paper, seems "automated" - because they're purposely keeping the stuff that can't be automated out of the system.  UPS and Fedex Next Day Air have been doing this for a long time but those carriers also ship oversized and overweight stuff.   The new Prime Air facility at CVG is only going to have 1,000 employees but will handle much more cargo than DHL.  But...DHL at CVG is literally a circus. They ship anything ranging from a birthday card up to an Arab prince's polo horses.  They ship lions, tigers, and bears.  That's why 900 people clock in there every night at 11pm and they have 300% annual turnover.  

 

 

What are you saying nope to? I think I missed your point here.

1 hour ago, jmecklenborg said:

However, if Cincinnati expands from 2 million to 4 million there will be a broad push into flat farm land mostly in Ohio and far from CVG.  There simply isn't much flat land left in the NKY counties.  

 

It'll be at least the year 2120 before Cincinnati reaches 4 million.

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