![]() 33/Pickerington Road interchange to be completed by the Ohio Department of Transportation in the fall of 2027. Upgrades and habitat protection before 'dozersĬonstruction will likely have to wait for the $50 million Rt. We're not pushing this forward quickly," said Wisniewski. Pickerington has Franklin County's lowest tax rate at one percent, less than half of most other municipalities. While some fault previous council members for prematurely entering a contract, many agree that had the city not purchased the land, that it could have become entirely residential, with as many as 750 new homes, burdening a growing school system without adding income tax. "We've spent $4 million on this project, and It's not worth getting sued and losing and wasting taxpayers money," said Councilman Brian Wisniewski who was not on council when the annexation deal was made. And that essentially locked the city into moving forward. An early agreement signed by Braun and Pickerington just after the sale in 2018 gave the developer guaranteed rights to proceed with development plans. ![]() However remote, if voters rejected the plans, developer Braun Holdings likely would have sued the city for breach of contract. So why not allow the referendum to proceed? ![]() ![]() And they wouldn't have been allowed to vote on a city project anyway. Others on council have noted that the vast majority of opponents to the proposed Pickerington development live in neighboring Violet Township. ![]()
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