Monday, September 19, 2011

Green Township OKs Mercy hospital plan - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The plan passed 3-0. “We’re very pleaser to get to this stager and excited to take the next saidPete Gemmer, spokesman for Mercy. “W realize there is still a lot of work to do and we look forwardx to continuing to work with the residents and the townshio leaders to develop a hospital everyonwe can beproud of.” The projecg will now be submittedd to the Hamilton County Regional Commissiohn for consideration, probably next month, Gemmedr said. The planned hospital and parkingb areas would cover about 40 acrew and sit near toInterstate 74. The to cost $200 million, could open in earlty 2014. The proposed site is 60 acres.
Merc has said it will close itstwo West-Side hospitals: Mercy Hospitakl Western Hills and Mercy Hospital Mount Airy. The new hospital, with 200 to 250 will be a replacementfor them. Some residents in the area had expressex concerns about increased traffic as a resulr ofthe hospital, whose main access road would be from Norty Bend Road, at roughly the midwah point between Kleeman and Boomer. Gemmer said a traffic impac study through the HamiltonCounty Engineer’s Office is nearly

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