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ROAD EXTENSION — Rochester plans to extend McDonald Drive approximately 650 feet from where it currently ends by Quality Inn and Walmart to Southway 31 near the Rochester Motel. Photo by Leah Sander.
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Rochester is using more than $650,000 it received from a state grant to connect McDonald Drive to Southway 31. Rochester Mayor Trent Odell said the city recently learned it received $658,477.17 from the Indiana Department of Transportation’s Community Crossings Matching Grant program for the project. The road will be extended approximately 650 feet from where it currently ends by the Quality Inn and Walmart to Southway 31 by the Rochester Motel. Odell noted the extension had been “discussed” by leaders before his time as mayor. The previous holdup was the city couldn’t gain access to the drive, which was privately owned. The first portion of the drive was owned by McDonald’s, with the back by the Quality Inn and Super 8 by Wyndham. As he noted in his State of the City address earlier this year, former Fulton County Chamber of
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PROJECT MAP — The yellow line on the above map shows where McDonald Drive will be extended in Rochester. Image provided by Rochester Mayor Trent Odell. Commerce Executive Director Jillian Smith helped Odell connect with the owner of the two hotels.
He later reached out to the McDonald’s Corp. The city then obtained “to-
tal control” of the drive, he said. Rochester also received an easeContinued on page 2
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