In February 2024, Intel announced that it is pushing back its timeframe for completing the two fabs. Since announcing its plans in early 2022, Intel has been a strong community partner for the City of New Albany. The company has reiterated its full commitment to the project, and we expect to see continued progress at the Ohio One site.
Typical construction timelines for semiconductor manufacturing facilities are three to five years from groundbreaking, depending on a range of factors.
ODOT is adding a lane in each direction within the existing footprint of the highway, widening bridges, widening the ramp from SR 161 West to I-270 North and making improvements to the Mink Street-SR 161 interchange.
Completed work items:
• The final traffic configuration of I-270 northbound between SR 161 and SR 3.
• Three lanes now open on the SR 161 westbound ramp to I-270 northbound.
• Widening of the Sunbury Rd. ramp to I-270 southbound and the SR 161 westbound ramp to I-270 southbound.
• Widening of the inside shoulder of I-270 northbound at SR 161.
Current work items include:
• SR 161 from Sunbury Rd. to Kitzmiller Rd.
• Outside shoulder widening.
• Work on the U.S. 62 bridge, Hamilton Rd. bridge and Rocky Fork bridge.
The additional lane of 161 is expected to open by the end of 2024. All other construction activities should be complete by August 2025.
In November 2023, New Albany officials met with residents of Green Chapel Road who live between Clover Valley Road and US 62 to talk about the plans for widening that stretch of the road from two to three lanes and making other functional and aesthetic improvements, including a community path parallel to the road.
In addition to the new lane, the project also includes a realignment of the intersection of Green Chapel Road and US 62 and new signals at the intersection.
Work on the project is scheduled to begin in the 4th quarter of 2024 and end in late 2025. Updated information will be posted to the website as it becomes available.
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The image above shows a sample section of Green Chapel Road and how it will be expanded from a two-lane road to a three-lane road.