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Council debates ODOT County Line road-diet plan; action delayed pending scope clarifications
Summary
Councilors, staff and residents debated an ODOT-proposed County Line Street road-diet project including bike lanes, painted shoulders and traffic reconfiguration. Council did not take final action; the ordinance requiring consent remains at second reading.
FOSTORIA — Councilmembers and residents expressed divided views over a proposed Ohio Department of Transportation project to reconfigure County Line Street, with questions about safety, traffic flow and local costs.
The ordinance consenting to enter into contracts with ODOT for the County Line road-diet remained at second reading; council discussion focused on whether to accept ODOT’s current scope, request changes or wait and move the project into a later state fiscal year.
Why it matters: The project would change a four-lane section into a road-diet configuration with a center turn lane and elements originally proposed to include bike…
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