CINCINNATI — It’s time to reimagine what Central Parkway could look like with a major facelift.
The City of Cincinnati’s Department of Transportation and Engineering (DOTE) unveiled design options Tuesday night for the Central Parkway Reimagined project. The project could transform the stretch of Central Parkway between Plum Street and Liberty Street.
DOTE said it wants to turn the area into a safer, more vibrant corridor to connect Downtown, OTR and the West End.
The location right outside TQL Stadium makes it a spot that is frequently closed to accommodate fan traffic. It’s possible with new development, the area could become another entertainment district.
Project manager Jeff Stine said that public input has been an enormously important part of the design process, with the focus on pedestrians, on-street parking and bicycle lanes.
The first concept presented would have a 14-foot raised landscaped median with one-lane traffic and one on-street parking lane on each side. There would be raised, separated bike lanes on each side and 37-feet-wide pedestrian zones.
A second option has an asymmetrical pedestrian zone. There would still be a landscaped median, one-lane traffic and on-street parking, but the TQL Stadium side would have a 46-foot-wide pedestrian zone while the Music Hall's pedestrian zone would be around 28 feet wide.
The city's third concept features a bigger landscaped median and smaller pedestrian zones on each side, while the fourth has two lanes of traffic and minimizes the pedestrian zones on each side.
Click here to learn more about all of the Central Parkway Reimagined concepts.
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