Cincinnati City Council last Wednesday passed unanimously an emergency ordinance authorizing an application for funding for several local transportation projects, which is due April 20.
The funding, from the Federal Surface Transportation Program grants and Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grants awarded by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, would be applied to several projects being considered by the City's Department of Transportation and Engineering (DOTE), including:
- The Northside Arterial Project, which has already received some federal funding;
- Improvements to Kellogg Avenue between Salem Pike and Sutton Road, including an Ohio River Trail connection;
- Improvements to Vine Street between McMicken Avenue and William Howard Taft Road, which would improve alignment geometry and safety in anticipation of the Uptown streetcar connection;
- Centralized Traffic Control System/Signal System Improvements; and
- A project to lower Madison Road beneath the railroad tracks near Kenwood Road to provide proper clearance.
Previous reading on BC:
City to accept up to $12M for Kennedy Connector road project (3/28/11)
Cincinnati to apply for federal transportation grants (4/1/10)
Cincinnati taking action on roadway improvements (11/3/09)
Preferred alternative for Harrison Avenue reconstruction presented (7/21/09)
Cincinnati passes ordinance for Waldvogel relocations (6/15/09)
