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Residents urge council to block or reconsider school fuel‑station move, citing traffic, drainage and contamination risks
Summary
At the April 6 meeting residents from the Die Edition neighborhood described safety, traffic and drainage concerns about a planned high‑school expansion and the relocation of a school fuel station to Franklin Street; city staff said the school obtained site‑development approvals and that tank permitting is reviewed by the state fire marshal and building department.
Canal Winchester — Residents of the Die Edition neighborhood told the Canal Winchester City Council on April 6 that a planned high‑school expansion and relocation of a school fuel‑refueling station to Franklin Street would increase cut‑through traffic, strain pedestrian safety at tight intersections and pose drainage and contamination risks to nearby homes and wetland basins.
What speakers said: Mike Talbert, who lives on West Columbus Street, said the new parking lot and a Franklin Street fuel station will create additional traffic that residents will avoid by using narrow residential streets as shortcuts: "We were told that the traffic was only going to be increased by about 65 vehicles per week. We believe that number is greatly underestimated,"…
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