The January-June 2023 Greater Akron Area Transportation Journal is now available online as a PDF file. The journal has road project updates and includes a full page article regarding Akron’s new four-year, multi-million dollar Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
“Spanning Fiscal Years 2024 through 2027, the new $938.5 million TIP includes approximately $523.1 million for highway projects, more than $399.4 million for public transit needs, and $16 million for bike and pedestrian projects throughout Portage and Summit counties and a portion of northeastern Wayne County”
“The region’s cyclists and hikers will find some good news in the new TIP. The Phase 4 construction of a portion of the Freedom Trail in Akron will receive $700,000 in federal Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) Program funds. Another $700,000 TASA grant will be used to build a connection on the Stow Hike & Bike Trail linking the communities of Cuyahoga Falls, Silver Lake, and Stow. Additional TASA funds are also scheduled for engineering and construction for a portion of the Heartland Trail in Chippewa Township”