Source: United States Senator for Ohio Rob Portman
November 17, 2021 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) praised the announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a grant to Cleveland Metroparks through the FY21 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program.
The $950,000 grant will go towards the completion of construction planning for the Slavic Village Downtown Connector Phase 2 North, the Morgana Run/Booth Avenue Extension, feasibility and preliminary engineering on the Iron Court/Opportunity Corridor Connector, and the Euclid Creek Greenway Phase 2 North as part of the countywide active transportation plan in Cuyahoga County.
“This is great news for Northeast Ohio. I applaud the Department of Transportation for providing Ohio with the resources needed to advance bicycle & pedestrian trail planning ,” said Portman. “This project will increase community access, while also creating needed jobs.”
NOTE: Last July, Portman sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in support of Cleveland Metroparks’ application for the RAISE grant.
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