Six public meetings to be held October 5 through 7

Cleveland (Friday, October 1, 2010) – The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in conjunction with the City of Cleveland, is conducting the Opportunity Corridor Study to investigate options to create the transportation network needed for the revival of large areas of vacant land near downtown Cleveland. 

This area includes land bounded by Quincy Avenue on the north, East 55^th Street on the west, Woodhill Road/East 93^rd Street on the east and Bessemer Avenue on the south.           

Six public meetings will be held from October 5 through October 7, 2010.  The purpose of these meetings will be to summarize the engineering and environmental studies completed since the previous public meetings in September 2009. 

Alternatives recommended for further study will also be identified.  Representatives from ODOT, the City of Cleveland and the study team from HNTB Ohio, Inc. will be available to answer questions.  All public comments received will be given careful consideration as the study progresses.

What:              Opportunity Corridor Public Meetings

When/Where: October 5 through 7, 2010.  Please see a complete schedule below:

Meeting #1                                                                  Meeting #4

When:              Tuesday, October 5, 2010                   When:              Wednesday, October 6, 2010

                           6 p.m. to 8 p.m.*                                                              6 p.m. to 8 p.m.*

Where:             Mt. Sinai Baptist Church                    Where:              Edgewood Park

                           510 Woodland Avenue                                                 3215 E. 55^th Street

Meetings #2 & #3                                                       Meetings #5 & #6

When:            Wednesday, October 6, 2010              When:             Thursday, October 7, 2010

                         8 a.m. to 10 a.m.*                                                            4 p.m. to 6 p.m.*

                         11 a.m. to 1 p.m.*                                                            6 p.m. to 8 p.m.*        

Where:           Kenneth L. Johnson Rec. Center       Where:             John Hay High School
                        206 Woodland Avenue                                                 2075 Stokes Boulevard

* Please note: Formal presentations will begin half-an-hour after the start of each meeting.

For more information, please log-on to www.BuckeyeTraffic.org/OpportunityCorridor.

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