Alternative 2 (the modified diamond) is the recommendation for this project. Of the four projects presented in March, this one didn't seem to interest anyone. What comments there were seemed to be positive and supported Alternative 2.
An informed commenter emailed MVRPC after the June 2004 meeting and wondered why more effort wasn't made to extend Heller Drive east to Trebein Road. Currently, Heller kind of ends at the Phillips Sand and Gravel property about halfway between Orchard Lane and Trebein/Valley Road. The US 35 bridges over the Little Miami River will have to be widened anyway to accomodate merge and exit lanes for the new interchange, so why not add two lanes and separate them with a Jersey Barrier from the 35 RoW? You could then extend Heller over those two lanes to the old Trebein Road RoW (roughly in the vicinity of the cul-de-sac in the northwest quadrant of the Recommended Alternative). You now have yet more access to the local businesses inconvenienced by the Orchard Lane project.