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In most other parts of the world, there is money to do these kinds of things. I have been through countless "mega tunnels" in Europe, Australia, Japan that go for miles under a city. This would be an obvious fix for the lakefront shoreway, deadmans curve and innerbelt.

I heard some businesses are being warned that it will be worse today, so are being proactive and boarding-up their windows. Any cleanup efforts should probably be put on hold until all this is calmed down. When it does, sign me up I'll be there to help.

I was out in Port Clinton last weekend. Due to Covid and the Lake flooding, the main downtown street was closed and used for patio seating for restaurants. It was really quite nice!

Just saw this on the Detroit Shoreway Facebook page this evening. Matt Zone has drafted a resolution addressing the Norfolk Southern routing of hazmat trains through the City of Cleveland. He is asking that concerned citizens share with and contact Federal reps and Norfolk Southern executives as interstate commerce is out of local and state jurisdiction, rendering this resolution without teeth. Matt Zone Resolution No. -2020 Council Members Zone AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Condemning Norfolk Southern Corporation for rerouting daily trains carrying highly toxic flammable crude oil and ethanol through the City of Cleveland, without public notice; strongly urging Norfolk Southern Corporation to immediately cease this rerouting; urging Norfolk Southern Corporation to withdraw its request to the Federal Railroad Administration to reduce the rail and traffic handling capacity of the only reliever route between Chicago and Pittsburgh, thus causing more traffic through Cleveland; and further urging that all hazardous materials shipments not originating or terminating in the City of Cleveland be moved to less populous routes. WHEREAS, on April 7, 2020, without public notice, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) permanently rerouted through the City of Cleveland several daily trains in each direction, each comprised entirely of more than 100 tank cars filled with highly toxic and flammable crude oil and ethanol, as well as empty backhauls; and WHEREAS, these trains travel between the Bakken Region of North Dakota and refineries near Philadelphia; each railroad tank car carries about 30,000 gallons of product while each train carries about 3 million gallons; when combined with existing traffic through Cleveland, more than 10 million gallons of crude oil or ethanol pass through Cleveland each day; and WHEREAS, these loaded oil and ethanol trains have been permanently rerouted from a much less populated route called the Fort Wayne Line, going through Fort Wayne, Indiana, and travelling east through the cities of Lima, Mansfield and Canton, Ohio; as of April 7, 2020, the trains began traveling east of Fort Wayne through the cities of Fostoria, Bellevue, Vermilion, Elyria, Berea, Brook Park, Cleveland, Garfield Heights, Maple Heights, Bedford, Macedonia, Hudson and on the way to near Pittsburgh; and WHEREAS, the crude oil and ethanol trains have been rerouted from a rail corridor through nine Ohio counties (Van Wert, Allen, Hardin, Wyandot, Crawford, Richland, Ashland, Wayne, Stark) with a combined population of 892,077 to a rail corridor through 12 Ohio counties (Paulding, Putnam, Hancock, Seneca, Sandusky, Huron, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, Stark) with a combined population of 3,558,133; and WHEREAS, the crude oil and ethanol trains cross over several rivers near their Lake Erie mouths, most especially the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland.; tfhe trains cross the Cuyahoga River on a lift bridge at its mouth, only three nautical miles from the Lake Erie water intake crib which provides Greater Cleveland with most of its water supply; and WHEREAS, the rerouted NS crude oil and ethanol trains travel within a few feet of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) Red Line rapid transit for 6.5 miles with no physical barrier between the two rail corridors to prevent derailed freight cars, each weighing up to 125 tons, to enter the path of GCRTA trains that carry more than 20,000 passengers each weekday; and WHEREAS, the rerouted crude oil and ethanol trains through Cleveland also cause these dangerous shipments to share tracks with four nightly Amtrak passenger trains that carry more than 600,000 travelers per year, or an average of 1,600 passengers per night; and WHEREAS, in July 2012, 17 cars of an NS freight train derailed due to a broken rail near the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus; tank cars carrying ethanol caught fire and exploded, forcing the evacuations of more than 100 homes; that train had a variety of rail cars and shipments in it, unlike the trains that are being rerouted through Cleveland which are comprised entirely of over 100 tank cars carrying crude oil and ethanol; and WHEREAS, in October 2007, two ethanol tank cars in a 112-car CSX freight train ruptured and caught fire during a derailment of 31 cars in Painesville, Ohio, forcing the evacuations of 1,300 residents within a half-mile of the scene; the incident was caused by the incorrect installation of a new rail; firefighters were able to keep the ethanol cars cool to prevent explosions and created a makeshift dam to prevent leaking hazardous materials from poisoning the Mentor Marsh; and WHEREAS, additionally, on March 20, 2020, NS filed with the Federal Railroad Administration a request to reduce the rail traffic handling capacity of NS’s only bypass route around Greater Cleveland; this was the route that NS’s crude oil and ethanol trains had been using until April 7, 2020. WHEREAS, specifically, NS has requested permission to remove about 33 miles of parallel second main track over a 100-mile section of its Fort Wayne Line route between mileposts 84.8 (near Alliance, Ohio) and 188.3 (near Crestline, Ohio); this second main track allows two trains traveling in opposite directions to safely pass each other; the loss of this second main track would greatly reduce the rail traffic handling capacity of this route which is NS’s only reliever route between the nation’s rail and traffic interchange gateway in Chicago and NS’s major rail yard at Conway, PA near Pittsburgh; and WHEREAS, downgrading the Fort Wayne Line east of Crestline, Ohio will permanently and significantly diminish the capacity of NS’s only bypass route around Greater Cleveland and the only traffic congestion and emergency relief route for NS’s very busy Chicago Line (west of Cleveland) and Cleveland Line (east of Cleveland) into Conway Yard and points East; and WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of public peace, property, health or safety, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND: Section 1. That, this Council condemns Norfolk Southern Corporation for rerouting daily trains carrying highly toxic flammable crude oil and ethanol through the City of Cleveland, without public notice; strongly urges Norfolk Southern Corporation to immediately cease this rerouting; urges Norfolk Southern Corporation to withdraw its request to the Federal Railroad Administration to reduce the rail and traffic handling capacity of the only reliever route between Chicago and Pittsburgh, thus causing more traffic through Cleveland; and further urges that all hazardous materials shipments not originating or terminating in the City of Cleveland be moved to less populous routes. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council is directed to transmit copies of this resolution to: Norfolk Southern Corporation c/o Marque Ledoux, Vice President, government relations; the Federal Railroad Administration; the U.S. Surface Transportation Board; the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio; the Ohio Rail Development Commission; Congresspersons Marcy Kaptur, Marcia Fudge, Bob Gibbs, David Joyce and Tim Ryan; Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman; and all members of the Ohio General Assembly whose districts include the City of Cleveland. Section 3. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and, provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.

For me it will be the mounds of cigarette butts, fast food wrappers and beach whistles that will form in the coming months.

1940's density I hope! ?

The Country has run CGF for decades. It's a well-maintained reliever airport. You'll also notice that it has more aviation-related businesses and offices surrounding the property than CLE and BKL combined, which IMO is a sad indicator of what it's like to have the City of Cleveland as a landlord....

I have to admit I'd love to see Miles and Clowney going after opposing QBs together. But eff him. If he doesn't want to play here, go to a "major market" and good luck.

They are the same size to smaller. Lake freighters don't have to fit in the same locks that the ocean going vessels must navigate. The larger of the ocean vessels in the port is the Federal Champlain at 199m in length. There are some lake freighters longer than that that squeeze up the cuyahoga. The longest lake freighters top out around 1000'.

Except as an NFL lineman, carrying extra pounds is part of the job assignment.

I've been watching them the last few days--it seems like many of the trees are being replaced with grasses. Unfortunately these won't slow down a car coming over the median at you at 65 mph. ?

Once again the poor Crittenden Court gets no respect!

I'm not sure I could take the hours of people unmuting to talk about closing Burke to build a mass development of 40 story towers, amusement parks and hyperloop stations. ?

Over time they just become a part of the landscape. Even iconic in some cases. I imagine there were folks back in 1916 decrying the water crib intake, despite it's obvious environmental benefits of clean water. Buffalo has a small farm of these turbines on it's lakeshore a few miles south of downtown. They have become a part of the skyline as it is, visible for miles around.

Another viewpoint: Restaurants rebel against delivery apps as cities crack down on fees One restaurateur gives each bag a personal touch, printing out a small note with a simple message: Grubhub orders are killing his business. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/restaurants-rebel-against-delivery-apps-cities-crack-down-fees-n1211456?fbclid=IwAR0iaO7ao9jwVcqW7duXYOFPw_RMfTNeZPiMXVyNqbDBcBzta5T5StO12hs

What's wrong with Fudge Blvd?

RTA could make this instantly more convenient by installing a direct transfer between the Red Line and Waterfront line at Tower City, without having to go outside the turnstiles. Would would a wall between the two lobbies cost? $10K?

Playhouse Square is a creative organization. I would expect a creative website, and they have not disappointed. Other developers? As we have seen in their designs...they are often not so creative. ?

I don't see a conservative, legacy company like Sherwin Williams having retail on the ground floor of their main building. I feel the best we can hope for is the parking ramps include them in the designs to the west.

I am seeing the same all over the near west side. My gut is that there will be a mini exodus from NYC and the tri-state area as they come out of COVID and employers realize that everyone did fine working from home. We could see another influx of these folks returning home or just looking for cheaper housing after ditching their NYC places.

They are lying. The massive crowd was there all afternoon, not just "a moment in time" as they told the TV reporter. I get it--most of these places aren't set up with security and bouncers to deal with turning people away. They may want to think about it for liability reasons.

Lago is another in the media. The owner is responding with: "The pictures are one moment, one angle, one second of time. It in no way accurately reflects the time, money and effort that was put into preparing our business in line with the state guidelines within a week’s time." The photo referenced shows a packed patio at 5:30 pm. I can tell you that I took a drive on Saturday afternoon and cruised by there around 4 pm and it was just as packed, with patrons spilling out onto the sidewalk and street with drinks in hand. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/continuing-coverage/coronavirus/local-coronavirus-news/lago-east-bank-responds-to-photos-showing-little-to-no-social-distancing

Agreed!

It's still at that URL. Maybe you need to be a member of the Detroit-Shoreway community FB group.

I've seen some drama today on Facebook. Apparently the GM of Townhall is sparring with people in Facebook groups who were calling them out for letting people dine in. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=931026327348360&set=gm.2926089164135980&type=3&theater&ifg=1