Area leaders praise I-75 widening plans

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Todd Audet, ODOT District 2 deputy director, points to the Ohio Turnpike and Interstate 75 as he opened the media event Thursday. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)

ROSSFORD – With the Ohio Turnpike and Interstate 75 as backdrop, local dignitaries lauded an upcoming state plan to widen I-75 to three lanes, starting next spring.
“I don’t think everybody understands the impact of all of this,” said Todd Audet, ODOT District 2 deputy director as he opened the media event Thursday.
“Without funding for transportation, our citizens, commerce and safety will suffer,” he said.
The event was held at the Ohio Turnpike toll facility on Bates Road.
The Jobs and Transportation Plan, initiated by Gov. John Kasich, will undertake more than 41 new projects across the state, amounting to nearly $3 billion and creating a reported 60,000 jobs. Northwest Ohio will be the focus of 10 of these projects, adding up to $495 million.