Part I
What loss would your family bear if an autistic grandchild couldn’t visit his or her grandparents’ home because the sensory overload from a highway adjacent to grandma’s backyard was too much to tolerate?
What if Ohio’s Department of Transportation (ODOT) demonstrated the worst disrespect to you, selecting your home as nothing more than disposable for a highway widening that wasn’t necessary in the first place? What if that mortgage-free home was ranch-style, where you cared for your elderly, disabled spouse? What if ODOT’s first plan included six more families’ homes on your street to be destroyed?…