A public open house was held today about upcoming road projects in surrounding rural counties. The West Central Ohio Rural Planning organization held an open house for the public to come to voice their opinion and provide input on future transportation projects. The projects on display are in surrounding rural counties such as Putnam, Auglaize, Mercer, Hancock, Van Wert, and Wyandot counties. This is the first year for the regional planning organization, and they felt it was a long time overdue to solve the unique needs that exist in the rural counties surrounding Lima.
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The City of Lima and the Lima Allen County Regional Planning Commission have teamed up to develop a vision and goals for the city’s future. It will be driven by community input of where the people see the city now and how they would like to see the city by 2040. It will look at demographics, economic development, and housing, among others. The first step is to get people to take a survey on the City of Lima’s website.
A change in leadership at the Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission as the long time director has announced his retirement. Thom Mazur serving nearly 30 years at the Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission fostering cooperation and collaboration among Allen County political subdivisions and securing millions of dollars in federal and state funding resources will be handing over the reins to Shane Coleman in mid-May.
The Allen County Coroner released a 2019 Fatal Crash Summary Report and the numbers are down from the previous year. During 2019, there were 7 fatal crashes and 9 related fatalities in Allen County. Most of these crashes happened in the daylight, and all of them were on dry pavement. The two biggest factors were following too close, which made up nearly half of the crashes, and drug and or alcohol impairment which made up more than 28% of the crashes.
Lima-Allen County Regional Planning commission held their first of two meetings for a long range plan.
The Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission gathered Wednesday afternoon at the FOP Lodge for the 18th Annual Awards luncheon.