In another example of government arrogance, Cincinnati City Council continues to fight a private developer’s efforts to bring jobs and economic development to the historic industrial riverfront in Cincinnati.
Queensgate Terminals has been working for more than five years to build a rail barge port in the City of Cincinnati. The project, once completed, would bring dozens of good-paying jobs and reduce transportation costs for producers and consumers in the region. Council has said no – responding not to the long-term needs of the community, but to neighborhood activists who don’t want to see development next door.
The result they seek not only deprives our community of jobs from the project, it also would result in the City’s having to pay millions of dollars to Queensgate Terminals to compensate it for its loss of property rights. Those are tax dollars that otherwise could be going for basic City services or to balance the City’s budget.
Join County Commissioner Greg Hartmann, Price Hill businessman and community leader Pete Witte and the Western Hamilton County Development Corporation in supporting the Queensgate Terminals project. Write your Councilmembers and urge them to put this lawsuit behind the City and get this project underway.
Join County Commissioner Greg Hartmann, Price Hill businessman and community leader Pete Witte and the Western Hamilton County Development Corporation in supporting the Queensgate Terminals project. Write your Councilmembers and urge them to put this lawsuit behind the City and get this project underway.
