After years of study and contentious public debate, the county commission last Tuesday voted 4-1 to formally expand the county’s urban services boundary for the first time in 35 years.
According to county planners, the controversial change is needed to handle the burst of development expected along a rural 4-mile stretch of Oslo Road in coming years due to the new I-95 interchange.
The $96-million interchange is slated for completion in summer 2027, and Oslo Road is currently being widened west of 58th Avenue to handle additional traffic…