Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks has chosen a route for an Olentangy Trail connector that includes a crossing on busy West North Broadway near the OhioHealth s David P. Blom Administrative Campus.
Some who live in that area or use the trail still think that s dangerous, and would prefer a bridge or underground passage instead of a crosswalk near a busy interchange. You re swapping one dangerous connection for another, said Judy Minister, a former Clintonville area commissioner.
Officials wanted to make the trail safer. The existing trail connection between Clinton-Como and Northmoor parks crosses West North Broadway at Milton Avenue, and takes bicyclists, runners and walkers down five streets in Clintonville: Riverside Drive, Delhi Avenue, Milton Avenue, West Kenworth Road and Olentangy Boulevard, a one-mile stretch.