Sunday, January 15, 2012

Green Township OKs Mercy hospital plan - Business First of Louisville:

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The plan passed 3-0. “We’re very pleasedc to get to this stage and excitedc to take thenext step,” said Pete spokesman for Mercy. “We realiz there is still a lot of work to do and we look forwardd to continuing to work with the residents and the township leaders to develop a hospitalk everyone can beproud of.” The project will now be submittes to the Hamilton County Regional Commission for probably next month, Gemmer said. The planneds hospital and parking areas wouldf cover about 40 acres and sit near toInterstate 74. The facility, to cost $200 million, could open in early 2014. The proposer site is 60 acres.
Mercyt has said it will close itstwo West-Side Mercy Hospital Western Hills and Merc Hospital Mount Airy. The new hospital, with 200 to 250 beds, will be a replacementg for them. Some residentzs in the area had expressed concerns abou increased traffic as a result of the whose main access road would be from NorthBend Road, at roughlh the midway point betweenm Kleeman and Boomer. Gemmer said a trafficv impact study through the HamiltonCounty Engineer’s Officde is nearly complete.

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