City of Cincinnati workers will break ground Monday on a project adding significant safety additions to a four-mile stretch of Harrison Avenue.
The $7.6 million project from Queen City Avenue to Higbee Street is designed to reduce speeding and crashes while increasing pedestrian and cyclist safety on the thoroughfare into the West Side, the city says.
The city will "right-size" the street with lane adjustments; add 11 speed cushions; eight curb extensions; two new crosswalks at Bracken Woods Lane and Powell Drive; a protected, one-way bike lane from Queen City Avenue to Fairmount Avenue; and other safety measures.
In addition, city crews will add retaining walls east of Everglade Place and replace sidewalks buried when earthwork moved there.
Cincinnati's Department of Transportation and Engineering held community engagement sessions about the project in South Fairmount and Westwood in 2023.
Construction is expected to wrap up in May 2026. DOTE says there will be intermittent lane closures on Harrison Avenue until then. You can find out more about the project here.
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