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The City of Akron began construction activities for the first phase of the Main Street Corridor Project on Monday July 9, 2018.  All southbound lanes of Main Street from East Market Street to University Avenue are now closed for construction, however LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE OPEN and pedestrian traffic will be maintained throughout the duration of the project. Northbound traffic on Main Street will be maintained throughout these limits. Users who normally travel south on South Main Street should use South High Street to access Mill Street or Bowery Street. Mill Street and Bowery Street will be open east and west through Main Street.

The project will be completed through several phases and is a complete street design encompassing amenities for all users including pedestrians, bicycles, transit users, and vehicles. Improvements include new pavement, sidewalk, cycletrack, utilities, signalization, lighting, landscaping and more. A roundabout will be built at the intersection of Mill/Main, and two mid-block crossings for pedestrians will be built. Also included are green infrastructure improvements including permeable pavement in the parking lanes.

The Main Street Corridor Project is designed to:

• Provide “Ladders of Opportunity” by increasing access to education, jobs and opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship
• Construct a welcoming gateway to those who live, work, play in Downtown Akron
• Transform the corridor with a context-sensitive designthat enhances accessibility among all modes of transportation while increasing safety, productivity and public health
• Serve as a fulcrum that leverages private reinvestment to adjacent vacant and blighted structures and promotes the high-density, mixed-use development of underutilized parcels
• Steward ecological resources by increasing energy efficiency and incorporating green infrastructure
• Promote infill storefront redevelopment for local independent niche/boutique retailers by activating the streetscape and generating additional foot traffic in Downtown Akron
• Boost the efficiency of existing transportation investments by building on momentum resulting from recent adjacent infrastructure investments
• Produce a model for regional collaboration and strategic investment through synergetic public-private partnerships.

Construction Progress:

-Concrete for planter curb and sidewalk placed on north side of E Mill St in phase 1B.
-Installing communication, traffic signal and lighting conduits north of Mill St on S Main St in phase 1B.
-Installed new tops and grates on Ohio Edison vaults in Phase 1B.
-Bridge deck removed from the seventh pier to the ninth pier on the east portion of State St Bridge in phase 2B.
-Finished steam and condensate pipe install from Akron Energy Systems Manhole New 1 to Manhole 19 in phase 2B.
-Sidewalk and planter curb concrete placed on west side of S Main St between Exchange St and Cedar St in phase 3A.
-Pavement and curb removed between 271 S Main St and 323 S Main St in phase 3B.
-Installing utility crossings (Ohio Edison, Water services, AES, etc.) in phase 3B.
-Ohio Edison Manhole 5-C installed and backfilled in phase 4B.
-Pits for Ohio Edison Vaults 7-BA North and South ready for delivery of vault structures in phase 4A.
-Concrete placed for floor of Akron Energy Systems Manhole 45 in phase 4A.

Two Week Look Ahead:

-Finish installing communication, traffic signal and lighting conduits north of Mill St on S Main St in phase 1B.
-Continue to form and place concrete for sidewalk and planter curbs on the north side of East Mill St in phase 1B.
-Continue demolition of the east portion of the existing State St Bridge in phase 2B.
-Continue placing concrete for brick base, cycle track and buffer strip between Exchange St and Cedar St in phase 3A.
-Place road base and pave roadway with asphalt in 3A.
-Install curb, place road base and pave roadway with asphalt in phase 3B.
-Begin rebuilding walls for Akron Energy Systems Manhole 45 in phase 4A.
-Install Ohio Edison vaults 7-BA North and South in phase 4A.
-Continue installing Ohio Edison Duct banks in phase 4A.

May 2019

January 2019

Guest Photo by Courtney Cable

August 2018

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