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Wooster widening begins; public forum to be held tonight

The long-awaited project to widen Wooster Street is now under way.

Aimed at easing traffic congestion along the route, the project will widen Wooster Street to five lanes between I-75 and Mercer Road and to three lanes between Mercer Road and the CSX railroad crossing. Traffic signal improvements are planned at the intersections of Wooster and Thurstin Avenue, Mercer Road, and Campbell Hill Road. In addition, plans call for new sidewalks and new pavement.

The city of Bowling Green will host a public forum at 7 p.m. tonight (March 4) to discuss the project. The meeting, the first in a series of public forums, will be held in the banquet center at Woodland Towne Centre, 1234 N. Main St.

Officials from the Ohio Department of Transportation, the city of Bowling Green and Kokosing Construction of Columbus, the contractor, will describe the project, discuss the construction schedule and its impact on traffic, and answer questions. Plans call for holding similar forums on campus after spring break.

Preliminary survey work for the project is under way and tree removal was to have begun Wednesday (March 3).

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