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A group of cyclists gathered in Columbus Wednesday evening to raise awareness for bicycle safety and honor those who have been killed or injured while riding. ....
Metro Parks will be pursuing federal money to buy right-of-way to connect the Heritage Rail Trail with Scioto and Olentangy trails, Downtown Columbus. ....
Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks has chosen a route for an Olentangy Trail connector that includes a crossing on busy West North Broadway near the OhioHealth s David P. Blom Administrative Campus. Some who live in that area or use the trail still think that s dangerous, and would prefer a bridge or underground passage instead of a crosswalk near a busy interchange. You re swapping one dangerous connection for another, said Judy Minister, a former Clintonville area commissioner. Officials wanted to make the trail safer. The existing trail connection between Clinton-Como and Northmoor parks crosses West North Broadway at Milton Avenue, and takes bicyclists, runners and walkers down five streets in Clintonville: Riverside Drive, Delhi Avenue, Milton Avenue, West Kenworth Road and Olentangy Boulevard, a one-mile stretch. ....
The controversial apartment development planned for the Giant Eagle site near German Village is going back to the drawing board for revisions after a city panel questioned the project s height and density. The Columbus Development Commission voted this month to table a rezoning request. The Pizzuti Companies want to build a 263-unit apartment complex at 280 E. Whittier St., in the heart of a densely populated Schumacher Place neighborhood. The site abuts German Village. Please lower the height, stop the massing, said Brenda Gischel, who leads the Schumacher Place Civic Association. They clearly think that the project is too large for the property ....