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Engineering Solutions

Dublin collaborated with the City of Columbus on a joint project, which will beneft commuters and businesses near our borders. The widening of Emerald Parkway from Rings Road to Tuttle Crossing Boulevard will reduce trafc

congestion, improve safety and add pedestrian walkways and bikepaths. The $8 million project, which was funded as part of the Capital Improvements Program is expected to be completed in the summer of 2013.

Another collaborative efort being

spearheaded by the City, in cooperation with the City of Marysville and Franklin and Union counties, is the redesign of the I-270/US 33 Interchange, which is expected to have a major economic impact on the Columbus Region with the addition of 32,000 new jobs at build-out. Dublin is working with the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Columbus Partnership and legislators from throughout the State of Ohio to secure much-needed funds to address trafc congestion and safety problems, and create jobs.

Letters from corporate leaders and concerned citizens have fueled eforts to keep the I-270/US 33 Interchange as a priority project. In September, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission ranked it among the top three projects submitted by the Ohio Department of Transportation District 6 for consideration by the Transportation Review Advisory Council. Advocacy on behalf of the interchange solution continues to help propel the project forward.