Sponsor: Beachwood

Project Name: CUY IR 271 US 422 - 7.80 10.77 PID 114409

Estimated Total Cost: $17,601,097

Proposed Source of Federal Funds: ODOT

History/Background: The City of Beachwood (project sponsor) completed the Chagrin Boulevard Safety and Corridor Study (March 2015, updated March 2020), Alternative Evaluation Report (October 2018, updated May 2021) and Interchange Operations Study (December 2018, updated September 2021) of Chagrin Boulevard from Richmond Road to Orange Place, includes approaches on Richmond Road and I-271 NB exit ramp, in the City of Beachwood (study area).

Proposed Project: The proposed project involves roadway, bridge and traffic signal improvements along the Richmond Road and Chagrin Boulevard corridors, near the I-271 interchange, in Beachwood, to improve traffic safety and mobility (illustration).

The proposed improvements include:

• Widening, adding turn lanes and signal improvements on Chagrin Boulevard (US-422/SR-87), from west of Richmond Road to the Beachwood east corporate limit (ECL);
• Widening the I-271 northbound (NB) exit ramp to Chagrin Boulevard and the I-271 southbound (SB) exit ramp to Chagrin Boulevard;
• Widening the bridge on Chagrin Boulevard, over I-271, to six lanes;
• Rehabilitate Richmond Road (SR-175), from south of Chagrin Boulevard to Bryden Road;
• Widening eastbound (EB) Chagrin Boulevard, west of Park East Drive and westbound (WB) Chagrin Boulevard, between Park East Drive and I-271 NB ramps; and
• Widening the Chagrin Boulevard/Richmond Road Intersection.

The project’s estimated total cost, provided by the sponsor, is $17,601,097.  The estimated cost of preliminary engineering preliminary development (PEPD) is $900,000. The estimated cost of preliminary engineering detailed design (PEDD) is $350,000. The PEPD and PEDD will be funded will with ODOT Major New Construction funds and local funds. The estimated cost of right-of-way (RW) is $900,000. The estimated cost of construction (CO) is $14,440,278. The estimated cost of construction engineering (CE) is $1,010,820. The sponsor has been awarded $2,250,000 in Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding toward the CO phase. The sponsor was also awarded $433,850 in NOACA funding toward roadway rehabilitation components of the CO phase. The sponsor will also apply for Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant Program funding and Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program funding and to the Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC)  for the for the RW, CO and CE phases.

Staff Comment (Summary):

• Please consider improvements to pedestrian infrastructure, not only at the signalized intersections but at pedestrian crossings of the highway on- and off-ramps. Vehicles will potentially be traveling at a high rate of speed at these crossings, and designs should include ways to increase pedestrian visibility as well as driver yield rates at crossings.

Intergovernmental Review and Consultation (IGRC):

Public Involvement:

Committee Review:

Transportation Subcommittee

• No comments; recommended for Planning and Programming Committee review.