COLUMBUS, Ohio -- City council approved Ohio State’s plan to build a women's rowing boathouse in a city park Monday.
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The university will pay to build the boathouse, but land will come from the city.
Groups representing area residents have opposed the project for two years.
Linden Nuby has fished the Scioto River at Duranceau Park since 1965 and said he doesn't care about the boathouse -- as long as he can keep fishing.
Greg and Lynn Breiding live near the park and walk along the quiet road. They fear the boathouse will change that.
"Taking the park land away from the people for a very … small group of people -- just the OSU rowers," Lynn said.
"For the people that visit here and them all along here, it's only going to be a very trafficked busy area," Greg said.
The city pointed out there is already a boat club 100 feet away.
Now that city council approved the project, work will start. The $4.4 million project was expected to be completed next year.
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