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Chillicothe council removes Tristler Road from Yactangy Park roadway plan after public safety concerns
Summary
At a special April 22 meeting, the Chillicothe City Council adopted an amendment removing Tristler Road from proposed roadway modifications at Yactangy Park, following public comment raising safety and access concerns and questions about cost and tree loss.
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The Chillicothe City Council voted April 22 to amend proposed roadway plans for Yactangy Park, removing Tristler Road from the plan between East of Enderland Circle and the armory entrance.
Councilman Creed, chair of the Safety Service Committee, introduced the ordinance affecting the park as part of the Appalachian Community Grant Program and said the council faced a choice between modifying the road or turning it back into green space. Creed told the council that modifying Tristler Road and integrating it into a roundabout would cost about $850,000 under the city’s construction manager-at-risk arrangement, while eliminating the road and returning the land to green space would cost about $50,000 — a roughly $800,000 difference that also would avoid removing “at least 27 mature…
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