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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Miami Valley Trails November Newsletter
http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/MVRT%20-November%202009.htm
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Ohio River Trail Update – Fall 2009
The goal of connecting the Ohio River with the Great lakes with a 453-mile bike/hike trail in the next decade is making steady progress in communities throughout Ohio. To date 262 miles are completed and 54 under construction. The most difficult section to complete of course is in Cincinnati, from Lunken to downtown.
Taking the leadership on the Little Miami Trail, Jack Sutton, Director of the Hamilton County Park District is in the planning/engineering phase on the extension of the Little Miami Trail from Newtown to Beechmont and will start construction within the year. Jack is currently working on securing the balance of the funds for the Beechmont to Salem section and a State Capital Grant of $1 million has jumped started the effort.
Wym and Jan Portman are leading Ohio River Trail private sector campaign to raise $3 million for downtown to Lunken. To date $1.1 million has been pledged. And, at this time there are three sections of the Ohio River Trail being managed by the City of Cincinnati that are moving forward. They include the following. The Elm Street to Main section is currently being built as part of the relocation of Mehring Way. The second section from Wilmer to Carrel Street is scheduled to be constructed next year. Finally, the Lunken/Wilmer to Salem section will take about 2 years for the environmental phase and an additional two years for the design and construction phase to be completed in 2013.
Assisting with all the legal and political challenges of the trail are Jeff Schloemer, Bruce Petrie and Rick Greiwe. The downtown to Carrel Street section will be built on an abandoned line in the Oasis Rail Corridor. SORTA has worked out a lease agreement with the Hamilton County Park District to manage the construction and to operate and maintain the trail. This agreement will be renewable on an annual basis. State and Federal transit authorities want to keep all the options open for future passenger rail therefore the trail is considered “temporary.”
The Oasis Corridor is approximately 50FT wide, which is generally enough real estate to accommodate both rail and trail in the future. The lease for the temporary trail still has to be approved by the Federal authorities.
Fortunately there are many examples of transit corridors that accommodate Rails with Trails and the Ohio River Way team will continue to push forward with their mission to leverage the recreational qualities of the Ohio River which is our region’s most valuable natural resource.
The goal of connecting the Ohio River with the Great lakes with a 453-mile bike/hike trail in the next decade is making steady progress in communities throughout Ohio. To date 262 miles are completed and 54 under construction. The most difficult section to complete of course is in Cincinnati, from Lunken to downtown.
Taking the leadership on the Little Miami Trail, Jack Sutton, Director of the Hamilton County Park District is in the planning/engineering phase on the extension of the Little Miami Trail from Newtown to Beechmont and will start construction within the year. Jack is currently working on securing the balance of the funds for the Beechmont to Salem section and a State Capital Grant of $1 million has jumped started the effort.
Wym and Jan Portman are leading Ohio River Trail private sector campaign to raise $3 million for downtown to Lunken. To date $1.1 million has been pledged. And, at this time there are three sections of the Ohio River Trail being managed by the City of Cincinnati that are moving forward. They include the following. The Elm Street to Main section is currently being built as part of the relocation of Mehring Way. The second section from Wilmer to Carrel Street is scheduled to be constructed next year. Finally, the Lunken/Wilmer to Salem section will take about 2 years for the environmental phase and an additional two years for the design and construction phase to be completed in 2013.
Assisting with all the legal and political challenges of the trail are Jeff Schloemer, Bruce Petrie and Rick Greiwe. The downtown to Carrel Street section will be built on an abandoned line in the Oasis Rail Corridor. SORTA has worked out a lease agreement with the Hamilton County Park District to manage the construction and to operate and maintain the trail. This agreement will be renewable on an annual basis. State and Federal transit authorities want to keep all the options open for future passenger rail therefore the trail is considered “temporary.”
The Oasis Corridor is approximately 50FT wide, which is generally enough real estate to accommodate both rail and trail in the future. The lease for the temporary trail still has to be approved by the Federal authorities.
Fortunately there are many examples of transit corridors that accommodate Rails with Trails and the Ohio River Way team will continue to push forward with their mission to leverage the recreational qualities of the Ohio River which is our region’s most valuable natural resource.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Rails to Trails Newsletter
Please check out the latest newsletter from Rails to Trails. Lots of great information and updates about what's happening in the trail world.
http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/MVRT%20-September%202009.htm
http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/MVRT%20-September%202009.htm
Monday, August 31, 2009
TRANSPORTATION IN CINCINNATI, OHIO PROVIDED BY CINCINNATI BIKE/PAC
Did you know...
- According to the Bureau of Labor & Statistics in 2006, 23.8% of residents of
- According to the same source, average cost of private car ownership per household in the
- Over the past three decades, adult obesity has doubled and childhood obesity has tripled.
- 26.6% of greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation in
- We also understand that average folks will not start to use their bikes as a form of transportation until they feel safe - which means segregated paths like they have in Xenia and Marietta and Dayton and Yellow Springs and Athens and all the other cities and towns in our state that have made significant progress in encouraging alternative transportation choices.
- Cincinnati Bike/PAC supports the Ohio River Trail as a healthy, affordable and essential transportation choice for the citizens of our city.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE OHIO RIVER TRAIL
OHIO RIVER TRAIL NEEDS LETTERS OF SUPPORT!
The Ohio River Trail could use your help with Letters of Support for the trail. Many of you are already aware of our fundraising campaign and that $12 million dollars has already been identified to build the trail. To complete the fundraising campaign we must raise $4 million in addition to the $12 million from private donations.
To help raise these final dollars we are applying for grants that specifically target hike & bike trails. Some of these grants would like to see letters of support from local businesses and residents to show how the trail will help their businesses and impact the region.
Our goal is to collect as many trail support letters to show how the trail will impact the community, the region and local businesses and tell the story regarding why it is important to get it done now.
Please help us get the trail built! If you decide to write a letter of support, please address your letter to The Ohio River Trail Project and answer one or all of the following questions:
1. How the trail will increase/impact bicycle ridership in the area and the region.
2. How the trail will impact small businesses. If you own a business, describe how it will affect your business.
3. Why you think it is important to build the trail now and how it will improve the quality of life for local residents.
Send your letters on letterhead, stationary or just on regular paper. You can email them to me at tlubic@gmail.com or you can mail them to: The Ohio River Way, PO Box 43261, Cincinnati, OH 45243. Thanks so much for your support.
The Ohio River Trail could use your help with Letters of Support for the trail. Many of you are already aware of our fundraising campaign and that $12 million dollars has already been identified to build the trail. To complete the fundraising campaign we must raise $4 million in addition to the $12 million from private donations.
To help raise these final dollars we are applying for grants that specifically target hike & bike trails. Some of these grants would like to see letters of support from local businesses and residents to show how the trail will help their businesses and impact the region.
Our goal is to collect as many trail support letters to show how the trail will impact the community, the region and local businesses and tell the story regarding why it is important to get it done now.
Please help us get the trail built! If you decide to write a letter of support, please address your letter to The Ohio River Trail Project and answer one or all of the following questions:
1. How the trail will increase/impact bicycle ridership in the area and the region.
2. How the trail will impact small businesses. If you own a business, describe how it will affect your business.
3. Why you think it is important to build the trail now and how it will improve the quality of life for local residents.
Send your letters on letterhead, stationary or just on regular paper. You can email them to me at tlubic@gmail.com or you can mail them to: The Ohio River Way, PO Box 43261, Cincinnati, OH 45243. Thanks so much for your support.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Did you know...
Ø The Ohio River Way Campaign Committee will raise $4m dollars to fund the link.
Ø The Ohio River Way Board will be responsible for Governance and Oversight.
Ø Hamilton County Parks will oversee construction and maintenance of the Trail.
Benefits to the Region:
- Increasing quality of life in and around the
- Building a dynamic urban core
- Attracting the best and brightest to live and work in the region
- Improving opportunities for health and fitness along the river
- Stimulating residential development downtown and in the trail corridor
- Tying neighborhoods to downtown activities and downtown to green space and parks
- $4 M – private sector campaign for downtown to
- $3.3 M – Federal & City funds secured to cross the Little Miami at Kellogg and build Wilmer to Carrell segment (2012)
- $5.7M – Request to State of
- $3.8M –
- Tie into trail to
- Create a collaborative model for completing a 150 mile regional trail from
Trail Partners for the Ohio River Trail:
- Ohio River Way, Inc.
- Hamilton County Park District
- Leadership
- Bike/PAC
- Trail Yeah!
- Leave No Child Inside
The
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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