Cleveland Receives Grant to Plan for New Downtown Bridge and Corridor
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The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded the City of Cleveland the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant. Cleveland will receive $200,000 for the East-West Connector Corridor Plan project. This project will develop a plan and preliminary drawings for a new east-west connector corridor in downtown Cleveland. The project includes analyzing vehicle, truck, bicycle, and pedestrian needs; identifying new roadway alignments and cross-sections to better connect US 64, Highway 74, and Highway 40; and eliminating an existing at-grade railroad crossing that experiences frequent flooding with a new bridge. Mayor Kevin Brooks said, The city will hire a consultant to begin the plan within the next few months, so that they can apply for a $20 million construction grant for this project this summer. Essentially, the goal is for this grant to create data and traffic analysis to justify the federal spending on this project.