June 6, 200619 yr Thanks KJP for that link. But that just re-iterates the "major rehabilitation" of I-480 from Tuxedo to VV Bridge. What does that actually entail? Anybody?
July 5, 200618 yr From the 7/5/06 PD: Landowners could pay $10 million for I-90 exit Wednesday, July 05, 2006 V. David Sartin Plain Dealer Reporter Avon - Landowners lobbying for construction of a new Interstate 90 interchange - some of them hoping to create major developments - could pay as much as $10 million under a deal being worked out. "The interchange is gold," Avon Mayor James Smith said of the proposal at Nagel Road in the eastern part of the city. "Everybody benefits. I don't see anybody not benefiting from this." Smith and other Avon officials are drafting a financing plan for the interchange that could spark development on about 600 acres on the east edge of Lorain County, near Westlake. Early estimates show the four-lane interchange will cost between $12 million and $15 million. More at http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/lorain/1152088240238080.xml&coll=2
August 11, 200618 yr From the 8/10/06 Sun Star: Interchange a long shot Engineers look at alternate solutions for I-71 traffic Thursday, August 10, 2006 By R. David Heileman The Sun Star STRONGSVILLE - With construction of an interchange at Boston Road and Interstate 71 a long shot, officials in two counties have teamed up to take a look at what can be done to relieve traffic congestion on roadways taking traffic to and from the interstate. Commissioners from Cuyahoga and Medina counties agreed recently to take a look at no build alternatives that could ultimately include the widening of roads and major intersections in Strongsville and Brunswick. Cuyahoga County Engineer Robert Klaiber said a Boston Road interchange has been talked about forever. Is it ever going to happen? Possibly and possibly not, he said. Read More...
August 12, 200618 yr Damn this interchange has been floated around since the 70's. There's also been talk of making another Medina interchange at Rt. 57 over the past 15 years or so. I don't see the traffic issues. Once 71 was widened to three lanes....there dosen't seem to be half the traffic issues there were south of Pearl Rd. out to Medina. Then again, I use it 2/3 times a year when I'm there.
September 9, 200618 yr Merchants: Fix bridge in summer Span will be revamped in 2007, traffic must be rerouted By SHELLEY TERRY Staff Writer [email protected] ASHTABULA - - The historic Ashtabula Harbor Lift Bridge will be revamped in 2007, but not without affecting motorists. In order for the bascule-type bridge to receive $2 million worth of upgrades, traffic must be rerouted, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. "They're discussing when to keep the bridge up or down," City Manager Anthony Cantagallo said. A contract for the bridge project is expected to be issued in the spring, ODOT officials have said. More at: http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_251060723
October 27, 200618 yr Bridge will get the silver By SHELLEY TERRY Staff Writer [email protected] ASHTABULA - - The historic Ashtabula Harbor Lift Bridge will boast a silver color come spring when the Ohio Department of Transportation gives the structure a major overhaul, city officials decided Monday. The bascule-type bridge will see $2 million worth of upgrades, including a paint job designed to properly reflect the bridge's 20 cobalt blue flood lamps. Dozens of other bulbs, along with six antique-style street lamps, add to the effect. Since ODOT announced it intentions to refurbish the bridge, City Council, as well as it's community development committee, discussed the pros and cons of a variety of colors: white, blue, silver, beige, gray and even the color of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. More at: http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_291174513
December 15, 200618 yr From The Sun, 11/23/06: Nagel design on way Thursday, November 23, 2006 By Mary Davies The Sun AVON Possible designs for a new Interstate 90 interchange at Nagel Road should be ready for public inspection by mid-January, said an engineer leading the project's planning. Susan Swartz, of TranSystems, a Dublin, Ohio planning firm, told a nearly full City Council chambers on Nov. 16 her firm will spend the next several weeks completing preliminary studies and drafting design proposals. "If you have concerns or questions, I encourage you not to wait until the public comment (meeting in January)," Swartz told the approximately 100 people who attended the meeting. Project leaders and city officials want continuous public input to address in the planning stages as many potential problems as possible. More at http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1164300023103680.xml&coll=3
January 12, 200718 yr I proclaim January the Official Urban Ohio Old Thread Resurrection Month. Do I have the power to do that? Probably not. Anyway, Good article in the New York Times about these yesterday. January 11, 2007 Digital Billboard Up Ahead: New-Wave Sign or Hazard? By LOUISE STORY Their very name once told it all: a board to post notices or advertisements. But billboards are getting a makeover. Billboard companies are adopting digital technology that rotates advertiser images every six or eight seconds — the better to catch the eye. The new billboards look like television screens, although the images do not move. The problem, safety experts say, is that the new billboards may work too well, adding yet another distraction for drivers. There are currently about 400 digital signs across the country. But within 10 years, about 4,000 billboards may be converted, according to the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. The technology has excited both billboard companies, which can generate three to five times more money from the digital signs, and advertisers. Clear Channel Outdoor and Lamar Advertising, which has installed the majority of such billboards, promote the digital signs as more effective at getting consumers to pay attention. MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/business/media/11outdoor.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
January 12, 200718 yr If you get distracted by a digital billboard, you must need medicine for ADD. :roll: Any other point of contention on digital billboards is fair game for debate.
January 12, 200718 yr There are a handful in Cincy now, but I have noticed that the brightness has been toned down a bit.
January 12, 200718 yr I can think of at least five in Cleveland. I know there are more. The brightness has been toned down here as well. When they were first put up I remember hearing there was a condition that said there had to be public service messages displayed. I saw them for the first few months, but not lately - except for the occasional amber alert. Every once in a while I will see an advert for a radio station and it will state something like "Now Playing: Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55!" and I turn the station on and its Whitney Houston. Arrrrgggg!
January 12, 200718 yr I actually like the digital/animated billboards! I think they actually add to the urban character of a city. Is this crazy, or does anyone else agree with me on this??
January 14, 200718 yr I pretty much don't like any billboards, especially out in the country. They just mar the landscape, plus I'm just tired of being advertised to everywhere I go. One of these days I expect to come home, lift the lid on the commode, and see a sign on it that says "Do the Dew" or "Drink Ovaltine".
January 16, 200718 yr No contracts have been issued yet. Late 2007, they say. http://www2.lakecountyohio.org/sr2/Default.htm
January 16, 200718 yr per my comment about being advertised to everywhere I go: Anywhere the Eye Can See, It’s Likely to See an Ad http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/business/media/15everywhere.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
March 30, 200718 yr Perusing on the website www.downtownakron.com I noticed a map detailing the skywalks interlinking throughout Akron. I think the skywalk system is mainly complete. They're relatively expensive to build and I haven't heard of any interest to build more. The map doesn't include outside of immediate downtown of Akron Children's Hospital skywalks or all of Akron General Medical Center's campus. I think the towpath is the focus of alternative transportation dollars at this point. http://downtownakron.com/pdfs/Skywalk3-%2007.pdf
March 31, 200718 yr It would be nice if the map included the routes through the bldgs on the map. That a way there would be no breaks in the lines that are shown on the map showing the flow of the system. I just think it would read better that way. Kind of like this one that I found for Des Moines, IA: http://www.ci.des-moines.ia.us/mapcenter/skywalks.gif
May 7, 200718 yr From the 2/11/07 Lorain Morning Journal: New Avon I-90 exit faces look by NOACA MATT SUMAN, Morning Journal Writer 02/11/2007 AVON -- To the dismay of some local public officials, a Northeast Ohio planning organization will examine how the proposed Interstate 90 interchange at Nagel Road could affect future development in the region. When the interchange is completed, it would link I-90 and I-480 via Lear Nagel Road in North Ridgeville, Lorain County Engineer Ken Carney said. Avon Mayor Jim Smith said he would like to see construction of the interchange close to being done by the end of 2009. The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency voted unanimously Friday to take a further look at the interchange past typical traffic details, said Howard Maier, its executive director. Details of the study are still in the early stages, and it will be a while before NOACA votes on approval of the interchange, he said. More at http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17838295&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
May 7, 200718 yr From the 2/14/07 Lorain Morning Journal: Avon mayor upset over attempts to delay Nagel Road, I-90 interchange MEGAN KING, Morning Journal Writer 02/14/2007 AVON -- Mayor Jim Smith said yesterday he is frustrated and angered by Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency board members' attempts to delay the Nagel Road Interstate 90 interchange the city hopes to construct in Avon. Smith also said yesterday in a meeting with Morning Journal editors, he is angry that Bay Village Mayor Deborah Sutherland called a private meeting of some NOACA board members today to discuss the Nagel Road interchange, and didn't invite Avon officials. ''No one's invited to this meeting when our interchange hangs in the balance,'' Smith said. Sutherland denied organizing the meeting and said Claire Kilbane of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission called the meeting to ''have interested parties sit down and try to provide some guidance for NOACA as they look at how they're gong to analyze this project.'' More at http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17848553&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
May 7, 200718 yr From the 2/16/07 Lorain Morning Journal: Political feud boils over MATT SUMAN, Morning Journal Writer 02/16/2007 ELYRIA -- The Nagel Road interchange discussion at the Lorain County commissioners' meeting yesterday morning got heated when Commissioner Betty Blair scolded county Administrator Jim Cordes for an off-the-cuff remark. Cordes and Avon Mayor Jim Smith have expressed frustration with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency's decision last Friday to ask for more information, such as what the economic impact a Nagel Road at Interstate 90 interchange in Avon might have on Cuyahoga County. NOACA is a regional planning organization for Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Medina and Geauga counties that must approve highway projects. More at http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17859390&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
May 7, 200718 yr From the 2/17/07 Lorain Morning Journal: Area officials push for firm timeline in Nagel Road impact study MATT SUMAN, Morning Journal Writer 02/17/2007 CLEVELAND -- Lorain County Commissioner Ted Kalo said county officials are not against an economic impact study for the Interstate 90 interchange at Nagel Road in Avon, but he asked a committee of a regional planning group to get it done in 60 days. The Nagel Road interchange, which has become unpopular with some officials in Cuyahoga County who fear it will be used to attract businesses from their county to Avon, was discussed yesterday morning at the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency's Transportation Advisory Committee meeting. NOACA must approve the $15 million project before construction begins. Bay Village Mayor Deborah Sutherland had asked NOACA to look at the economic impact the Nagel Road interchange would have on the region. More at http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17863854&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
May 7, 200718 yr From the 2/20/07 Lorain Morning Journal: Henkel CEO says I-90 interchange would help businesses MEGAN KING, Morning Journal Writer 02/20/2007 AVON -- Avon's largest employer says politics could delay the Nagel Road-Interstate 90 interchange project that could help his businesses and other companies in the region. In a letter to Mayor Jim Smith, John Kahl, CEO of Henkel Corp., a consumer adhesives company that employs about 700 people, said the interchange is necessary to the company for its continued growth. ''With the growth of the Avon and Westlake communities, access points on Crocker Road and Route 83 have become severely congested and reduce the efficiency with which we can move our employees and our freight into and out of our facility,'' Kahl wrote. The proposed interchange has been under fire recently, as Cuyahoga County officials and Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency board have questioned whether the interchange is necessary and what economic effect it would have on other areas. NOACA is a federally designated metropolitan planning organization for Cuyahoga, Lorain, Geauga, Lake and Medina counties. More at http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17872474&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
May 7, 200718 yr From West Life, 2/21/07: I-90 tangle Mayors spar over need for more study By Jeff Gallatin Bay Village Published Feb. 21, 2007 Mayor Debbie Sutherland and her Avon counterpart, James A. Smith, continue to be on different roads when it comes to the planned I-90 interchange project in Avon. Smith sent a letter to Sutherland last week making a public records request for copies of “any and all correspondence regarding the proposed interchange and copies of all messages and your telephone logs.” Asked about the letter and Sutherland’s approved request earlier this month for additional study of the interchange from NOACA (Northern Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency), Smith said he’s trying to make sure he has all the information about what’s going on regarding the project. More at http://www.westlifenews.com/2007/02-21/90issue.html
May 7, 200718 yr From the Sun, 3/8/07: Avon will pay for I-90 work Thursday, March 08, 2007 By Brian Lisik The Sun AVON City officials are putting their money where their mouth is with a proposed project to build an Interstate 90 interchange at Nagel Road, Mayor Jim Smith said. But first the project must get past a study by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, expected to begin this month. "It's a matter of going through NOACA's 'mother, may I' steps," Smith said. "This project is going to cost us a lot of money, but we're doing it." Several Avon businesses have partnered with the city to fund the estimated $15 million project. Private funding is expected to shoulder about $10 million of the project costs, with the city paying the remaining $5 million through tax-increment financing. More at http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/117337576645320.xml&coll=3
May 7, 200718 yr From the 3/9/07 Lorain Morning Journal: Avon interchange would relieve traffic hangups MEGAN KING, Morning Journal Writer 03/09/2007 AVON -- The areas around SR 83 corridor and Crocker Road at Interstate 90 will reach total gridlock traffic conditions at peak hours if a new interchange is not built at Nagel Road, traffic engineers said at a Nagel Road interchange meeting last night. According to traffic projections for the year 2030, those areas would receive ''D'' ''F'' and ''E'' grades for the traffic during peak hours without the Nagel Road interchange. Traffic engineers said building that interchange would bring the traffic conditions up to ''C,'' or acceptable levels. While engineers discussed traffic flow and the process of getting approval for the interchange, community members who spoke at the meeting mainly focused on the recent controversy surrounding NOACA's approval of the interchange. The proposed interchange has come under fire recently after Cuyahoga County officials asked for a regional study to address the economic impact of constructing the new interchange. More at http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18058954&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
May 7, 200718 yr From West Life, 3/21/07: City tries to pave way for I-90 exit By Jeff Gallatin Bay Village Published March 21, 2007 City officials Monday took action to pave the way toward a smooth road for the interchange project at Nagel Road and I-90 in Avon. City Council passed a resolution of support for the multi-million dollar I-90 interchange project. It comes a few weeks after Avon Mayor Jim Smith questioned whether Bay Village and other Cuyahoga County communities were in support of the Lorain County city putting in the interchange. Sutherland said she would like to see additional study of the matter to see how it impacts her community, but also said she was not against the interchange. More at http://www.westlifenews.com/2007/03-21/90exit.html
May 29, 200718 yr From the 2/19/07 News-Herald: Freeway plans not in drive Governor may halt Route 2 project due to funding; Lake officials disagree By: David W. Jones [email protected] 02/19/2007 Lake County officials hope they can shift gears on April 1 toward the planned $192 million Lakeland Freeway (state Route 2) project, the biggest in county history. But new Gov. Ted Strickland says he is ordering the Ohio Department of Transportation to reset priorities because current projects could create $1.2 billion in debt by 2014. "I would hope we wouldn't have to cancel projects, but we're going to have to take a hard look at our situation," the governor told the Associated Press... http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17868689&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6
May 29, 200718 yr From the 3/29/07 News-Herald: Route 2 project is set to begin First stage of $192 million plan will focus on freeway at Lake's west end David W. Jones [email protected] 03/29/2007 Work will start April 9 on the $25.39 million, first stage of a proposed $192 million overall reconstruction of the east-west Lakeland Freeway (state Route 2). Ohio Department of Transportation work will begin where Route 2 enters western Lake County at the Wickliffe-Willowick side and goes east to the other side of the city of Painesville. "This year we'll probably wrap up most work by the end of October, and possibly some work in the winter," said Kathy Sarli, the ODOT Division 12 project director... http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18141190&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6
June 30, 200717 yr From the 6/30/07 News-Herald: Freeway project back on the road County officials say work expected to go ahead despite 'reset' of priorities David W. Jones [email protected] 06/30/2007 Lake County is on the road again to complete Lakeland Freeway - the biggest transportation project in its history - county and state officials said Friday. New Gov. Ted Strickland got heartbeats going in February when he ordered that roadwork priorities be "reset" and said he hoped he "wouldn't have to cancel projects." At that time, the Ohio Department of Transportation had awarded a $22.39 million contract to start phase one in Wickliffe and Willowick on the freeway, also known as state Route 2... http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18536668&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6
July 6, 200717 yr City gets price on more lights for Lift Bridge SHELLEY TERRY Star Beacon ASHTABULA - - Additional lights for the historic Ashtabula Harbor Lift Bridge will cost the city at least $2,000 more than originally expected, Ward 3 Councilwoman Betty Kist said at Monday's council meeting. The Ohio Department of Transportation recently increased the city's $4,500 match by $4,000, for the placement of 17 more LED lights on the bascule-type lift bridge. However, the grant was not increased, Kist said. City Auditor Michael Zullo said the city must take the money from the paving fund. More at: http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_096072328
July 6, 200717 yr Harbor Lift Bridge gate malfunction causes problems for work crews SHELLEY TERRY Star Beacon ASHTABULA - - A gate malfunction caused the historic Ashtabula Harbor Lift Bridge to be out of commission for a short time Friday morning. The gate, which normally prevents motorists from driving into the Ashtabula River when the bridge is up, broke at about 10:45 a.m., according to Ashtabula City Police dispatcher reports. "The bridge is operating, but not the gate," said Amir Garakouei of the Ashtabula County Highway Department. "Small vehicles are going through, but not big trucks." City work crews were quickly dispatched to the site, Garakouei said. More at: http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_176122320
July 14, 200717 yr From the 7/14/07 PD: I-90 interchange at Avon debated Suburb wants interchange; others say not so fast Saturday, July 14, 2007 Tom Breckenridge Plain Dealer Reporter Booming Avon would at least double its payroll-tax receipts by 2030 if it can open a new link to Interstate 90, a preliminary report shows. Avon and Lorain County will see a nice bump in jobs and taxes if an interchange opens at Nagel Road, a consultant group reported Friday to the region's transportation-planning body. More at http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1184402315217510.xml&coll=2
July 16, 200717 yr From the 7/15/07 Lorain Morning Journal: I-90 exit study worries Avon officials ALEX M. PARKER, Morning Journal Writer 07/15/2007 AVON -- Avon Mayor Jim Smith said he disagrees with some of the assumptions underlying a report which estimates how much growth the proposed Nagel Road Interstate 90 interchange would cause -- claiming it overestimates how much growth the gate would cause. Smith said the report, the second ''Progress Report'' of an economic assessment submitted to the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, overestimates the impact the interchange will have. The full report will be completed in September, when the NOACA board is expected to vote on whether to approve the project. Avon officials hope to break ground sometime in 2008. More at http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18588588&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
July 19, 200717 yr From the 7/17/07 Lorain Morning Journal: I-90 interchange has ups, downs SCOT ALLYN, Morning Journal Writer 07/17/2007 AVON -- A proposed interchange for Interstate 90 in Avon could improve that city's tax revenues, but the windfall might come at the cost of jobs and people in greater Cleveland, according to Cuyahoga County officials. Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones said Avon's plan to build the interchange at Nagel Road could spur a westward exodus. ''It's a classic example of the suburbs versus the inner city,'' Jones said. He was reacting to a July 13 progress report from D.B. Hartt Inc. and Silverlode Consulting Corp., which estimates the economic impact the interchange would have by the year 2030. Avon payroll taxes could increase by $3.3 million and Lorain County property taxes could be $1.2 million higher if the interchange is built, according to the progress report. More at http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18593517&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
August 20, 200717 yr pd: Tipoff - Let's make a deal: The issue is cars, but the method is horse trading. The Cleveland Clinic, which plans a 170,000-square-foot medical center off Nagel Road in Avon, wants a new I-90 exit nearby. Cuyahoga County commissioners, though, have the influence to block the new interchange. The facility, in Lorain County just over the Cuyahoga County line, would be the catalyst for a Jacobs Group development that Cleveland-area leaders fear will pull more wealth from Cuyahoga County. Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan says he's scheduled to meet with the Clinic's government-relations chief, Oliver "Pudge" Henkel, Thursday. Hagan says he's undecided on the project but will float a revenue-sharing approach that would have a portion of revenues from the Clinic's Avon facility coming back to Cuyahoga County to help defray indigent care at MetroHealth Medical Center, which the county subsidizes. Commissioners have juice with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, the five-county body that approves projects on local interstates. Under NOACA rules, commissioners could call for a weighted vote, boosting their bloc of votes on the Avon interchange from three to 12. Those votes, along with votes from other Cleveland-area leaders, could be enough to block the Avon interchange. The Clinic says it will build on the site, even with no interchange. http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1187599434294660.xml&coll=2&thispage=2
August 22, 200717 yr 08/22/2007 Talk of 'weighted vote' spells more trouble for Avon interchange plan Ask the crowd in Cuyahoga County to paint a picture of economic development in Greater Cleveland, and they will fashion a nebulous cloud labeled ''regionalism'' glowing brightly with promise. If you ask us, we would draw you two runners: Lorain County would be the healthy, growing one, straining to sprint ahead; Cuyahoga County would be the exhausted one hanging on to our ankles like a dragging anchor, damned if he will let Lorain County get ahead if Cuyahoga County can't... Post edited 9-4-09 to comply with terms of use http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18734307&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46368&rfi=6
August 22, 200717 yr More isolationist provinicial myopia from a fourth-rate fishwrap of a newspaper - and for once I don't mean the PD ;-) clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
August 22, 200717 yr After pointing out some errors regarding sprawl issues which a reporter put in an Morning Journal article about the Cleveland-Lorain commuter rail plan, I got a call back from their metro editor. While I don't recall what the error was, it had something to do with the issue of dispersing metro area residents and their wealth to such a degree that it makes all the new retail difficult to support. The editor simply couldn't understand that concept, and didn't agree when I told her that every new store or house built in the metro area causes an older store or home to become vacant. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 22, 200717 yr If you ask us, we would draw you two runners: Lorain County would be the healthy, growing one, straining to sprint ahead; Cuyahoga County would be the exhausted one hanging on to our ankles like a dragging anchor, damned if he will let Lorain County get ahead if Cuyahoga County can't. I would draw this picture- a man, obviously once strong, now pale and thin as leeches grow fat from sucking on his flesh and pulling out all the blood and nutrients.
August 22, 200717 yr i had also heard that part of the problem here is that this was never put on NOACAs 5 year priority plans or whatever they are called. so, even though the private developers want to pay for the interchange, there are all sorts of other implications of upgrading roads, signals, etc. that feed the interchange that aren't included in the private developers plans. so, the public ends up being "forced" to pay for these improvements out of turn as the interchange was never ranked as a priority on the 5 year plan. there was apparently some kind of blow up at the last NOACA meeting as well regarding the vote process and an apparent out-of turn vote that didn't follow procedures. i haven't really read anything about the details of this though.
August 22, 200717 yr how funny -- its like they totally forgot that in the 1960's the o'neills/may co shopping center in sheffield and then shortly afterward the midway mall on the elyria border both directly destroyed all of downtown lorain's shopping.
August 23, 200717 yr I-90 link in Avon divides western suburbs Avon wants it; Westlake fears it Thursday, August 23, 2007 Tom Breckenridge Plain Dealer Reporter Elyria-North Ridgeville Mayor David Gillock says a new Interstate 90 link in Avon would help speed his residents home. But Westlake Mayor Dennis Clough says it could hasten the exit of businesses from his town. The view of a $19 million interchange at Nagel Road in Avon depends on what side of the Cuyahoga-Lorain border you live on, if a Wednesday night hearing is any indication. More at http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/lorain/1187858974160480.xml&coll=2
September 14, 200717 yr From cleveland.com: Clinic wants new I-90 interchange in Avon Posted by Tom Breckenridge September 14, 2007 14:11PM Cleveland Clinic chief Dr. Toby Cosgrove made a personal appeal Friday for a new Interstate 90 interchange in Avon, even as Cleveland officials warned the proposed link would hasten the flight of wealth from the region's struggling core. More at cleveland.com http://blog.cleveland.com/plaindealer/2007/09/clinic_wants_new_i90_interchan.html clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
September 14, 200717 yr You know, I have not read one word from ODOT on this issue. Avon can press on it all it wants to, but unless ODOT gives it the go-ahead, the project is dead in the water. Someone will have to finance this, and Avon will not be paying out their lion's share for this unncessary interchange. If they want all of this development, upgrade the existing interchange and surrounding roads. It's not a long drive by any means -- two miles at best. $60 million for a new interchange and bridge versus $20 million for mainline widening. Hmmmm?
September 18, 200717 yr Elyria City Council considers opposing planned I-90, Nagel Road interchange ALEX M. PARKER , Morning Journal Writer ELYRIA -- When Elyria City Council meets Oct. 1 it will consider a resolution opposing the planned Interstate 90 interchange at Nagel Road in Avon. Councilman Eddie Mitchell, D-6, who is chairman of the Rules Committee, said his committee would consider the resolution before council's next meeting. The resolution was referred to council by Mayor Bill Grace, an outspoken critic of the project who also sits on the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency -- the public body which will ultimately vote on the project. http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18827441&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
September 19, 200717 yr That adds an interesting wrinkle to the debate, though this quote leaves me very puzzled: ''I don't think this is a fight we should be in,'' he said. ''You need to have more of a regional concept.'' If one has a regional concept of what infrastructure should be developed, then shouldn't they have and express an opinion on the matter, with the understanding that others will express their opinions on one's own infrastructure?
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