Council to Hold 2nd Hearing on Vehicle Code Changes

Who:
Councilmember Shayla Favor

When:
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
4:30p

Where:
Council Chambers
City Hall
90 W. Broad Street

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City of Columbus YouTube

What:

Councilmember Shayla Favor, chair of the Public Service and Transportation Committee, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at 4:30pm to discuss inoperable motor vehicles and proposed changes to the City Code. Representatives from the Division of Parking Services, Columbus Division of Police, and Code Enforcement will be available to provide background and answer questions.

The hearing is an opportunity for residents to learn more about the proposed Code changes and provide input. If you would like to provide written testimony, or sign up to provide three (3) minutes of public testimony during the meeting, please email Anisa Liban at aaliban@columbus.gov with the subject line “Vehicle Code Changes Public Hearing” with your NAME and ADDRESS by noon on the day of the event. Residents may also provide testimony virtually.

The hearing will be live-streamed on the City’s YouTube channel and Facebook.

NWCA Meeting on August 4th

Change of Plan: The meeting on August 4th at 7:00 PM will be Zoom ONLY. We will try to return to in-person meetings when it is safer to do so. Thanks for your patience. The Zoom link is below.

Agenda

NWCA is having another hybrid meeting for August 4th at 7:00 PM via both Zoom ~~and at the Northwest Church of the Nazarene (5707 Olentangy River Road).~~

Speaker: Justin Goodwin will present the findings of Phase 1 of the Northwest Corridor Mobility Study. See the description of the study on our website.

Topic: August NWCA Meetting
Time: Aug 4, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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LinkUS Northwest Corridor Study Phase 1 Report Now Available

The Final Report for Phase 1 of the Northwest Corridor Mobility Study is available here. The LinkUS partners are excited about this important milestone and we greatly appreciate your continued involvement and guidance in this process.

Some key elements of the report are:

recommendation for a new premium Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line along Olentangy River Road and a preferred connection to Downtown Columbus;
preliminary station area locations;
conceptual images of what BRT could look like in the corridor, including dedicated transit lanes and other premium transit infrastructure;
recommendations and design principles for coordinated transit-supportive and walkable development;
an active transportation (pedestrian and bicycle) connectivity plan and street design principles; and
an outline of next steps.

These recommendations reflect the results of both technical analysis and over a year of public engagement, including the input of approximately 1,000 community members and stakeholders such as yourself.

Additional technical documentation is also available on the resources page of the LinkUS website.

With completion of the Phase 1 Report, the project is advancing into Phase 2, which will kick off this summer. During this next phase, the project team will refine the recommendations and prepare the BRT project to advance into the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants process. Phase 2 will also explore the further extension of the Northwest Corridor as recommended in COTA’s NextGen Plan and Insight2050 Corridor Concepts. We look forward to your continued involvement throughout this phase, as more specific design recommendations are developed.

Council to Hold Virtual Hearing on Transportation Safety Plan

WHO:
Council President Shannon G. Hardin

WHEN:
Thursday, March 4, 2021
5pm

WHERE:
Live on Facebook
or
1-650-479-3207
Access code: 160 360 0492

WHAT:

Council President Shannon G. Hardin is hosting a virtual public hearing to address a proposed Action Plan for safer roadways, walkways and sidewalks for drivers, walkers and bikers. In line with the Vision Zero movement, Columbus is setting a goal and establishing a plan to drastically reduce crash fatalities in our community. The Action Plan can be viewed in its entirety at https://vision-zero-columbus.hub.arcgis.com/.

City and community representatives will be on hand to answer questions and/or concerns. Public Testimony will be accepted. Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes. Send an email to aaliban@columbus.gov to request a speaker link by Noon Thursday.

Any resident seeking to submit testimony in favor of or in opposition to an ordinance is strongly advised to submit their testimony to Councilmember Shayla Favor’s office. Written testimony must be received by 3:00 p.m. Thursday. Testimony should be emailed to aaliban@columbus.gov with the subject line, “Testimony for 3/4/21 Vision Zero Hearing.”

The hearing will be live-streamed on the City’s YouTube channel and Facebook.

Update on Godown Rd. Culvert Replacement Project

The utility relocation was completed in January and construction on the project is now ready to begin.

The waterline replacement is slated to begin on February 15, 2021. This will take place with limited lane restriction using flaggers as needed and is dependent upon the weather.

At this time, the full closure for the culvert replacement is slated to begin upon completion of the waterline and is scheduled to begin on April 5th. Once again, this is dependent on the weather and could change.

Next Meeting on December 2nd

Our next meeting will take place on December 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM via Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted here a day or two before the meeting. We have one variance to hear.

LinkUS and the Northwest Corridor – Justin Goodwin will discuss current planning for transportation and traffic needs along the Northwest Corridor. It’s not too late to take the survey.

Agenda

Cheryl Grossman is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Northwest Civic Association meeting
Time: Dec 2, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Henderson Rd upgrade

Great news for the NWCA member area -“Upper Arlington officials are looking at an estimated $2 million upgrade of Henderson Road in 2019 geared at reducing stormwater flooding and better accommodating bicyclists and pedestrians.

The modifications are planned on a segment of Henderson Road from Riverside Drive to Sawmill Road.”