Northside: Colerain-West Fork-Virginia improvements

City council has passed unanimously an ordinance authorizing the City to enter into preliminary legislation with ODOT for improvements to Colerain Ave north of the Colerain-West Fork-Virginia intersection in Northside.

This legislation will allow ODOT to program the project and to review environmental documents and plans.

The project, tentatively scheduled for 2012, would include widening Colerain Ave to standard lane widths, adding street lighting, and removing on-street parking between Virgina Ave and Leeper St.

As envisioned, the project cost would be $4.5 million. $3.6 million in federal funds has already been approved by OKI. The local share of $900,000 is expected to come from the state SCIP/LTIP grant program.

WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW (looking west)