The state’s Transportation Review Advisory Council’s draft list of road projects includes $61.1 million in projects across central Ohio.
Among the seven projects in Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin and/or Licking counties is $5 million each in preliminary engineering for widening both Ohio 161/37, from U.S. 62 in Franklin County to Ohio 37 near Granville, as well as Interstate 70, from Palmer Road to Ohio 158, in Licking County.
The Ohio 161 project, which does not yet have dedicated construction funding, would add a third lane in each direction to the state route, expected to carry considerably more traffic when Intel begins production at its $20 billion computer chip manufacturing facility south of Johnstown in 2025.
The 2024 draft list of projects , released Wednesday, will receive funding through the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Major New Capacity Program. It includes $127.3 million in new funding commitments for 18 projects over the next four years. There were 28 applications submitted.