The grant will pay for a project to plan a new bus rapid transit line on Lorain Road, extending 15.7 miles from North Olmsted through neighboring Fairview Park to Ohio City on.
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If funded, the Lorain Road project would create the longest leg yet in an emerging hub-and-spokes network of enhanced bus lines that would complement the Red, Blue and Green lines.
The Group Plan Commission, a civic nonprofit that programs, maintains and operates Cleveland's Public Square, announced work on the project is set to begin in 2023 after conceptual designs are reviewed in January.