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Home » Decision leaves Cleveland with $100 million to design bike-ped path on bridge

Decision leaves Cleveland with $100 million to design bike-ped path on bridge

Submitted by Marc Lefkowitz  |  Last edited September 11, 2010 - 10:57am
  • Innerbelt Bridge winning design: ODOT selects this design as the next Innerbelt Bridge on Sept. 9ODOT has picked a ‘winner’ for the new Innerbelt Bridge—and at $287 million—the city will have another $100 million committed to improving infrastructure on or around the bridge (the budget for the bridge is $400 million). Spending a small portion for a pedestrian/bike path on the bridge—which ODOT estimated should cost $20 million—would continue the agency’s fiscally sound decision making. For its part, whether we finally have a budget to design a multipurpose bridge and complete the Towpath Trail, Mayor Jackson should pick up the phone today and insist that Governor Strickland direct ODOT to spend the money where its rightfully due—here.
  • The city and suburbs finally got the good news that a second round—$6.8 million—is theirs for Neighborhood Stabilization. The bulk will be spent on demolishing blighted vacant homes. But the city also plans to continue its ReImagine a Greater Cleveland initiative with a small sliver supporting small site urban gardening and greenspace expansion. How will NSP II learn from the first round vacant land reuse projects? How will it enhance surrounding housing values? These are questions that the cities must grapple with before they can offer a second round of pilot projects. NSP II stands at a nexus—the lessons from the ReImagine pilot projects are starting to make plain that resources for urban farmers are lacking. At the same time, the city will soon roll out its recommendations for how to scale up vacant land reuse.
  • After you've seen the movie TAPPED (tonight at 7:00 pm at Capitol Theatre) you'll want to learn more about plastic pollution and why this era will be known to future generations as the "Plasti-cene", says Cathi Lehn at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

    Captain Charles Moore, Founder and Research Coordinator for the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, will present his lecture titled "Plastic Pollution and the Marine Environment" in Murch Auditorium tomorrow night at 7 pm, capping off the museum’s Conservation Symposium.

    Captain Moore will also be a judge for the Second Annual Great Lake Erie Boat Float. Come out to Edgewater State Park Beach Saturday for the 9 a.m. boat launch. Twelve boats total will compete in the Lake. To get you further thinking about plastic, Lehn says, here's a fun video.