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![A sign outside an apartment complex reads "Kershaw Greene."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kershaw-sign.jpgnewnew-900x422.jpg)
Some residents of new affordable housing complex are walking along a “dangerous” road
By: Alison Patton
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The new, affordable Kershaw Greene apartment complex sits next to a busy rural road in western Athens. For residents without transportation, it means walking alongside cars… Read More
![Traffic backs up on one-way West Union Street in Athens.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Two-way-W-Union-e1717697801971-900x422.png)
Two-way traffic to resume on West Union Street in Athens by July
By: Haley Swaino
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A normal traffic pattern for a stretch of West Union Street in Athens will be happening sooner than originally planned. The city is speeding up the… Read More
![One lane of West Union Street in Athens is closed to traffic while work is done laying new drain, water and sewer lines.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/West-Union-Street-construction-e1717539044268-900x422.png)
Businesses frustrated with West Union construction spent months not knowing where to turn for help
By: Haley Swaino
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Businesses on West Union Street in Athens say they’re suffering because of disruptions caused by the major road work underway. They’re supposed to be able to… Read More
![Construction work on West Union Street has reduced about half of it to one lane that flows in one direction. Some business along that stretch say their sales are down significantly because of the traffic flow.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/West-Union-Street-work-e1712948045893-900x422.jpg)
Businesses in Athens say they’re losing sales from the West Union Street traffic restrictions
By: Alison Patton
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens business owners say they are losing money and may have to lay employees off because of traffic flow from the construction on West Union Street…. Read More
![Court Street during the afternoon](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/court-strret-2-e1658344125846-900x422.jpg)
Athens leaders are considering a switch to two-way traffic on historic Court Street
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – City leaders are considering turning Court Street in historic uptown Athens into a two-way street. The plan is to also do the same with the one-way… Read More