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Governing Board Action: June 8, 2007:
NOACA Board Adds 20 Projects to Long-Range Transportation Plan

At today’s NOACA Governing Board meeting, members approved adding 20 projects from Northeast Ohio totaling $109.2 million, to the region’s transportation plan, Connections 2030, and 16 projects to the State Fiscal Years 2006 – 2009 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). Connections 2030 identifies federally funded road, bridge, transit and bikeway projects envisioned for Northeast Ohio over the next 20 years. The TIP serves as the implementation tool for the Plan, scheduling projects over a four-year period. Projects added to both Connections 2030 and the TIP today include:

  • Village of Bentleyville: Major repairs to Liberty Road from the Solon north corporation line to 250 feet south of Solon Road.
  • Troy and Burton Townships: Resurfacing five miles of SR-700 from US-422 (Main Market Road) to SR-168 (Tavern Road).
  • Lakeline Village: Constructing pedestrian walkways along the south side of Lakeshore Boulevard within the village corporation limits.
  • City of Mentor: Resurfacing four miles of US-20 (Mentor Road) from the Mentor west corporation line to Hopkins Road.
  • Medina County: Replacing or installing guardrail along various county roads in Medina County.
  • Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and Laketran capital and operating programs.
In related action, the Board approved a resolution confirming that the 20 long-range plan projects approved today successfully completed project planning review (PPR). NOACA conducts PPR to obtain comments from staff, committees, local governments and agencies, and the public about proposed transportation improvements and asks that project sponsors consider incorporating recommendations resulting from PPR into the project. The projects processed through PPR this quarter may be reviewed on NOACA’s Web site.

Board members adopted a resolution of support for Governor Ted Strickland’s proposed transit budget. Governor Strickland’s proposed budget would provide $20.3 million annually in fiscal years 2008-09 for Ohio public transit, a $6.5 million increase over the $33.5 million approved by the Ohio House.