The Columbus Dispatch
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The dispute over building a connector road between two Ohio state schools for the deaf and blind involves a protected ravine in Clintonville, owned by the state but regulated by the Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District. The schools seek to construct a roadway and pedestrian path across the conservation easement for safety and accessibility, but the conservation district opposes the project due to environmental concerns and the potential override of the easement. The state has offered $42,000 as a final settlement, while the district requests larger mitigation, including land transfers, which the state has rejected, intensifying ongoing tensions over environmental and land-use protections.
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