The Little Miami Trail Extension
Project Description The proposed project will upgrade a section of the Little Miami Scenic Trail, a primarily shared use path that offers non-motorized recreational and transportation opportunities from Newtown, Ohio (north and east of Cincinnati) to the City of Springfield. The existing Little Miami Scenic Trail in Clark County is eight miles in length and is a 10-foot-wide shared-use trial from the Greene County line to Springfield-Xenia Road, Yellow Springs Street and John Street. Between John Street and Johnny Lytle Avenue, the trail is a shared-use trail. The trail becomes a bicycle lane from Johnny Lytle to Fair Street along Plum Street and is dedicated trail again from Fair Street to Jefferson Street, where it terminates and the Simon Kenton Trail begins. The dedicated trail portion is approximately 6.5 miles and the bicycle lane portion is approximately 1.5 miles. The City of Springfield, Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC) and other local project sponsors are entertaining alternatives to the current alignment of the Little Miami Trail in the southern portion of Springfield. This proposed project begins south of Interstate 70 and continues northward to the existing path on John Street. The project then picks up at Johnny Lytle and continues to the existing path on Fair Street. The City is under contract with LJB Inc. to examine several different alternatives for the trail. The alternatives include a no-build scenario, an on-street scenario, as well as several different dedicated trail alternatives. It is the goal of the City of Springfield, the TCC, as well as other project sponsors to determine the best, most beneficial alternative for not only the City, but also those people who are users of the Little Miami Trail. The City of Springfield will administer the design and construction of the project (non-traditional LPA project). Click here to view the proposed routes Project Status and Next Steps Currently, the project is in the planning stage to determine the preferred alternative approach for the project, as discussed above. This stage includes conceptual alternative development and secondary source environmental investigations. Public comments will be analyzed and considered along with a variety of other factors to select a preferred alternative. Some of these other factors can include environmental impacts, constructability, property acquisition needs, and construction costs. Once the preferred alternative is selected, detail engineering will commence and the environmental clearance will be completed.
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The Little Miami Trail Extension Comment Sheet Please return comments by October 31, 2010 to the address listed on the sheet. Schedule and Costs Currently, engineering, environmental clearance, and property acquisition are expected to be completed by the spring of 2014, with construction commencing as early as the summer of 2014. Depending on the combination of preferred alternatives selected for the north and south sections of the project, the preliminary construction costs are estimated to range between 1.2 million (least expensive combination of alternatives) to 3.1 million (the most expensive combination of alternatives).
For questions or additional information regarding this study, please contact Leo Shanayda, Springfield City Engineer at (937) 324-7310.
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