The Central Ohio Transit Authority board passed a five-year capital budget that includes $2.875 million for a new transit center near Rickenbacker Airport.
The Rickenbacker Mobility Center will include not only stops for COTA fixed routes and first mile/last mile services for people to reach their work sites, but will also include food services, child care, health care and job training services, said Patrick Harris, COTA s assistant vice president of government affairs/corporate communications. It really is a quality of life center, Harris said Wednesday after the meeting.
It will also be a stop for regional transit services from Pickaway and Fairfield counties, he said.
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Whitehall adds more federal funding to fix Broad-Hamilton intersection
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A major reconstruction project at East Broad Street and Hamilton Road is expected to improve traffic flow and reduce the number of accidents – but though motorists will have to wait a bit longer for the improvements, the plan is one step closer to completion.
Whitehall officials said the city received a grant of $1.2 million from the Ohio Public Works Commission to modify the intersection. That grant will be added to the roughly $9 million in state and federal funds the city already has received for the project.
The nine-month fix, which will start no sooner than the end of 2022, is expected to reduce traffic accidents by 32% and reduce wait times by 1 minute, said Zach Woodruff, director of development and public service for Whitehall.
Work begins on regional mobility plan
The Record-Herald
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission is beginning its work with nine Central Ohio counties to develop a coordinated public transit-human services transportation plan which includes Fayette County.
The 2022-2025 Regional Mobility Plan will identify local transportation needs of people with disabilities, older adults and those with low incomes. The plan will help to provide strategies for meeting those needs and prioritize transportation services and projects for funding and implementation.
Coordinated plans are required by the Federal Transit Administration for counties to be eligible for funding under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program – Section 5310. MORPC is the designated recipient for Section 5310 funds coming to Delaware and Franklin counties.