Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Green Township OKs Mercy hospital plan - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The plan passed 3-0. “We’re very pleased to get to this stage and excitedc to take thenext step,” said Pete Gemmer, spokesmanh for Mercy. “We realize there is still a lot of work to do and we look forwardc to continuing to work with the residentss and the township leaders to develoo a hospital everyone can beproud of.” The projecyt will now be submitted to the Hamilton County Regional Commission for consideration, probably next month, Gemmere said. The planned hospital and parking areas would covefr about 40 acres and sit near toInterstat 74. The facility, to cost $200 million, coulsd open in early 2014. The proposec site is 60 acres.
Mercyy has said it will close itstwo West-Side Mercy Hospital Western Hills and Mercy Hospital Mount Airy. The new hospital, with 200 to 250 beds, will be a replacementy for them. Some residents in the area had expressed concernsw about increased traffic as a result of the whose main access road would be from NorthgBend Road, at roughly the midway point betweenn Kleeman and Boomer. Gemmer said a traffi c impact study through the HamiltonCountyt Engineer’s Office is nearly complete.

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