Come to Cincinnati’s Climate, Environment, & Infrastructure Committee meeting to speak out about the highway expansion that the Ohio Department of Transportation is planning.

The City of Cincinnati made a formal apology to the West End in 2022 for the racial displacement of 26,000 people through I-75’s construction and urban renewal project. City officials promised reconciliation and reconnection: why aren’t they speaking up when ODOT intends to expand the same interstate?

Come practice giving public comment: ask council members to fully support West End, Camp Washington, and CUF neighbors. Tell council to stop funneling funds into highways and put people over pavement instead. Committee members include:

• Meeka Owens, Chairperson meeka.owens@cincinnati-oh.gov

• Mark Jeffreys, Vice-Chair mark.jeffreys@cincinnati-oh.gov

• Jeff Cramerding, Member jeff.cramerding@cincinnati-oh.gov

• Seth Walsh, Member seth.walsh@cincinnati-oh.gov

If you plan to make signs, please plan to arrive outside City Hall at 9:30am. Bring materials if you have them, we will have extras available.

• Bike Parking A Red Bike station is located directly outside of City Hall on Plum & 9th. Ample bike staples are available nearby.

• Public Transit Metro Buses 6 and 49 stop directly outside of City Hall on Plum St. Many buses also stop one block away on 9th St east of Plum.

  • 6 (Queen City Avenue) runs every 20 minutes from West Town Center to Downtown via South Fairmount and Central Parkway.

  • 49 (Fairmount) runs every 30-40 minutes from English Woods to Downtown through North and South Fairmount, Queensgate, and the West End on Ezzard Charles and Central.

• Streetcar Ride the Connector for free, then exit at Washington Park, 12th & Vine, or Central Parkway stops and walk or roll 7 blocks west.