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Sponsor seeks repeal of budget language requiring new I‑71 interchange at Boston Road

5557112 · February 26, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 31 would remove a prior transportation-budget provision that directed ODOT to build an interchange off I‑71 at Boston Road in Brunswick; the sponsor told the committee the provision advanced without local approval and before a traffic study demonstrated clear benefits.

Senator Romanchuk told the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee that Senate Bill 31 would remove language in a previous transportation budget requiring construction of an interchange off Interstate 71 at Boston Road in Brunswick.

The sponsor said the budget provision was added over local government objections and without Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)…

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