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WASHINGTON – Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, expressing support for Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) grant application for Phase 4 of the Columbus Crossroads project. The letter was also signed by Columbus-area Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and Steve Stivers (R-OH).

The Columbus Crossroads project focuses on the overlap of Interstates 70 and 71, which serves commuter travel across Central Ohio and freight from across the Midwest region. The overlap carries 130,000 vehicles per day – including 17,100 commercial vehicles – and exceeds its design capacity by 50,000 vehicles.

Phase 4 will ensure the creation of additional lanes in each direction on Interstates 70 and 71, eliminating nearly 70 percent of the traffic lane changes made on the interchange, and removing significant bottlenecks and back-ups that occur.

“Phase 4 is essential to improve safety and reduce congestion for commuters and pedestrians,” write Balderson, Beatty, and Stivers. “Critically, it will also improve access to essential services and more than 100,000 jobs in Downtown Columbus.”

Read the full letter here.

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