This would be a major policy shift for NOACA. I can& #39;t recall the agency rejecting a highway widening or interchange project in recent memory. https://twitter.com/steven_litt/status/1385588475332866055">https://twitter.com/steven_li...

In the article, @steven_litt identified the debate about Lear-Nagel interchange in Avon as the type of conflict that NOACA is trying to avoid. It& #39;s also a cautionary tale about how highway investments enable sprawl. Here& #39;s the area before and after the interchange was built.

Now that I think about it, the first tweet in this thread isn& #39;t entirely correct. Strongsville dropped a proposed interchange in 2016 when NOACA balked, but I& #39;m not clear on what exactly happened.
https://www.thepostnewspapers.com/strongsville/local_news/howe-road-slip-ramp-put-on-ice/article_82c59dcf-d9a9-5c76-843a-645c3d2a4e64.html
https://www.thepostnewspapers.com/strongsvi... href=" https://www.cleveland.com/strongsville/2016/09/strongsville_scraps_i-71_slip.html">https://www.cleveland.com/strongsvi...