City Awarded Funds Through Highway Safety Improvement Program

The city of North Ridgeville has been awarded $1,892,025 through the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Improvement Program to support sidewalk and pedestrian safety improvements along Lorain Road (State Route 10).

The award was announced July 23 as part of a $72 million statewide investment in 33 transportation safety projects across 23 Ohio counties. The Highway Safety Improvement Program targets locations where infrastructure improvements can help reduce fatal and serious injury crashes.

The Lorain Road Systemic Safety Pedestrian Improvements project will address gaps in sidewalk coverage along Lorain Road, extending from Bliss Parkway through the Interstate 480 interchange area. Other planned improvements include new pedestrian countdown signals and pushbuttons at several intersections as well as enhanced crosswalk markings and ADA-accessible curb ramps.

The corridor is identified as a High Priority Pedestrian Segment on ODOT’s Safety Map Viewer and is included in the city’s Active Transportation Plan which can be viewed at nridgeville.gov/PlansandStudies.

Once completed, the project will provide residents with a safer, more continuous route for walking and biking along this section of Lorain Road.

“We are grateful to the state for recognizing the need along this corridor,” Mayor Kevin Corcoran said. “Following the pedestrian safety improvements completed on Lorain Road this summer, this award allows us to continue that work along another critical section of the corridor.”

Pedestrian safety funding is highly competitive and the award reflects the strength of the city’s application and the documented need for improvements along this section of Lorain Road.

Funding is programmed for state fiscal year 2031. Project design, scheduling and construction details will be shared as they become available.