Cass County Board: Trail group gets additional $50,000 for highway underpass proposal
The proposed underpass will allow residents utilizing the Shingobee Connection Bike Trail to cross highways 371 and 200 safely.
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Kyndra Johnson | Cass County Correspondent | 2:00 pm, Feb. 3, 2021 ×
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BACKUS A proposed underpass under highways 371 and 200 south of Walker received an additional financial boost Tuesday, Feb. 2, from Cass County.
Steve Bilben, representing the Shingobee Connection Trail Task Force, requested a commitment of $50,000 from Fund 73 to provide matching funds for Phase VI for the Shingobee Connection Bike Trail.
The funds requested would be used in conjunction with a grant the task force would apply for from the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternative Program to construct an underpass to safely cross highways 371 and 200 at the south edge of Walker. Commissioner Neal Gaalswyk in
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Members of Cadiz Village Council, shown in this file photo, signed a resolution during Thursday’s meeting in hopes of securing around $600,000 in funding for a sidewalk improvement project. Pictured, from left, are Clerk/Treasurer Amy Ossman, Mayor John Migliore and Councilman Terry Capers.
CADIZ The village of Cadiz is hoping to secure around $600,000 in grant funding in order to install new sidewalks along Lincoln Avenue.
Cadiz Village Council signed a resolution to move forward with an application to participate in the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives Program, or TAP, during Thursday’s evening meeting.
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Greenfield Village Council seat open after Branham resigns Greenfield Council members are pictured during the Feb. 2 regular meeting. Shown are (l-r) Kyle Barr, Eric Borsini, Phil Clyburn and Brenda Losey. The Greenfield Village Council has an open seat following the resignation of Mark Branham, who began serving on the council in January 2020.
The remaining council members have decided to accept petitions from any residents who may be interested in serving the remainder of Branham’s term, which runs through Dec. 31, 2023.
The qualifications are that the interested person must be a registered voter in Ohio, at least 18 years old, and live within Greenfield’s corporation limits. Additionally, the petition requires 25 signatures, responses to questions within the petition packet, and a resume.
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The public meetings around the Shirlington Road Bridge project have reignited a long-standing community conversation about crossing safety near Four Mile Run Drive and Shirlington Road that has gone on for at least 10 years.
The area, at the confluence of the W&OD Trail, several legs of the Four Mile Run Trail, also suffers from a bridge over Four Mile Run that only has a sidewalk on one side, with that sidewalk being extremely narrow, traffic coming off of a major interstate highway, and a very auto-centric built environment with many curb cuts crossing the sidewalks and large trucks from the concrete plant.
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Marietta City Council took a stance on mending bridges of trust Wednesday before canceling a scheduled special business meeting Thursday morning.
“I want to use this as an opportunity to point out one final thing and I want us all, all of us who are present, to keep this in mind,” prefaced Councilman Geoff Schenkel, D, fourth ward, at the close of committee discussion Wednesday. “What we’re experiencing today with rushing at the last minute, and the resistance that is clearly there as a result of that, underscores the importance of engaging council early on ideas.”