Cincinnati’s 1948 Master Plan included certain specific expressway recommendations. Exhaustive studies were made on this section of I-71 to preserve the historic Lytle Park area. Two S-lane tunnels for ramp traffic plus special lighting, ventilation, and flood and fire protection were all included. These tunnels also provide a base for restoring Lytle Park and the private development of a multimillion dollar apartment complex.
That is exactly why the Action Program had been undertaken. It is exactly what was recommended at Sagamore 4 years earlier.
Then the third sentence reads:
After July 1, 1965 the Secretary shall not approve . . . any program of projects in any urban area of more than 50,000 population unless he finds that such projects are based on a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on cooperatively by the States and local communities in accordance with the objectives stated in this section.
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