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I don’t think ODOT would have the legal authority to say no...whether they would be a willing partner is another story. According to the ORC, “no duty of constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, and repairing such state highways within municipal corporations shall attach to or rest upon the [ODOT] director.”

I can double check but I believe it was a part of the project all along.

Was SB39 even a proposal when he bought the building? How could it possibly be an essential part of the plan then ?

Ohio City’s Western Reserve?

I made a mistake, it’s actually 494 million. But I agree. The consent decree itself is more complicated, there appears to be specific requirements for each individual outfall location.

So, the website says “capturing 98% of all combined sewer flows for treatment.” It’s also says CSOs will be reduced to 450 million gallons, which is a 90% reduction of what it was when the project started (2010).

The direct benefits to the poor are well documented and researched. People being relegated to “ghettos” or high crime neighborhoods enforces the cycle of poverty and crime that stems from it. Children raised in “good” neighborhoods have better educational achievement, make more money, are more likely to be employed and less likely to be incarcerated. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/upshot/maps-neighborhoods-shape-child-poverty.html And people not in poverty then reap the societal benefits of this upward economic mobility.

Well, all evidence points to better outcomes when people live in income diverse neighborhoods. If you want to keep poor people poor, then you can segregate them.

I can’t imagine how big the loss of SW to the suburbs would be... Dont f$%* it up Frank!

This is what I was picturing; convert the green section to be compatible with light rail cars and keep the blue heavy rail compatible. At least while this transition period would be taking place to allow both cars to operate.

Is there room to retro fit part of the Red Line stations for light rail and keep part for Heavy during the transition? Those station platforms are soooooo long.

I read somewhere (and I can’t find it right now) that the smaller ships will be docking on the river instead of at the port. I thought that was an interesting choice.

Potentially, that’s one solution definitely. I also think it could be possible to keep council-people elected by ward, but the “rules and norms” would have to be wholly changed. Cleveland’s issue is the fiefdom style in which the wards are run. Development, businesses, capital projects....nothing can be done without their sign-off or approval. I am a City of Cleveland resident, and this development affects me too...albeit not as directly as those in the neighborhood, but expanding the city’s population and tax base is in my interest. A project should not be able to be blocked single handedly by one person.

Related, this is yet another reason why Cleveland’s ward based City Council is terrible.

The new building yes. The renovation of the Painters Union building will be eight apartments renting at 80% of AMI.

That’s what the suburbs/exurbs are for.

Yeah...I’m not aware of that happening in any other place that a merger has taken place?

Yep. Each city has its own service dept, engineering dept, parks dept, law dept, building dept, streets dept, finance dept, HR.....I could go on. All with separate equipment, personnel and properties.

Not sure I agree. I do think there would be a fair amount of savings...but I guess that also depends on what your definition of “significant” is. There is an insane amount of duplication in this region.

I love anything about James Garfield, but that was an oddly written article with an abrupt ending.

Isn’t it amazing how the approved gas tax isn’t even the “bare minimum needed” according to DeWine, yet this stuff comes out afterwards.

First look at the new Snavely. I took screenshots of a PDF so if someone knows a better way to upload these I’m all ears.

Are there more details somewhere on the Rail Replacement Study? I’m trying to figure out the difference in the $240 million budget quoted on the website link above versus the $715 million the Plain Dealer keeps quoting.

^^I believe she was a reporter from Time Magazine who has been covering the restoration. She said because of France’s strict sectarian rules, the government was basically prohibited from contributing anything to the project.

Just heard an interview on NPR, the journo said (shockingly) that this wasn’t surprising to anyone paying attention. Notre Dame couldn’t raise the money needed for proper restoration work, and was basically doing what they could to get by. There were replacing broken stones with pieces of wood. She said they were basically trying to raise funds begging on the street. Sounds insane now ?