COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus city officials are sinking some money into the neighborhoods.
Improvement projects are planned in more than two dozen neighborhoods, with a price tag of nearly $7 million, in the capital improvements budget proposed by Mayor Michael Coleman.
Among the 44 projects in the $6.8 million proposal are park improvements, new sidewalks and the completion of the Olentangy bike trail, Coleman’s office announced Monday.
Specific projects included in the spending plan Coleman asked City Council to approve last night.
Sidewalks on the east side of Grandview Avenue between 5th Avenue and King Avenue
Concrete sidewalks on the east side of Brentnell Avenue from Argyle to Mock Road
Repaving of Smith Road from Lockbourne to Fairwood and construct sidewalks
Complete construction of the last leg of the Olentangy Trail between Harrison Park and Trail and the Goodale Street/315 Bike Bridge and Rails to Trails connector
Adding street lights on McCutcheon from Stelzer to Sunbury
Concrete sidewalks on Bar Harbor from Mock Road to Delavan