Politics & Government

Bath Moves Forward with Bike, Pedestrian Access Study

Township almost ready to hire consultant to tackle the project

Bath and Copley townships are wasting no time putting a $50,000 grant on improving bicycle and pedestrian access to use.

Bath Township Administrator Vito Sinopoli said this week that two meetings have been held on the project since the grant was awarded in late May.

Next step: Hiring a consultant to do the study, he said.

The Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study chose the Montrose: North/South East/West as one of two projects to fund with planning grants this year.

The study will encompass a 3.25-mile suburban area bounded by Bath Township to the north and Copley Township to the south and include the heavily traveled roadways of Interstate 77, state Route 18, Springside Drive, Montrose West Avenue, and Cleveland-Massillon, Rothrock and Crystal Lake roads. 

The study will consider bicycle and pedestrian access improvements throughout the area and transit and vehicle access improvements to nearby retail and parking locations. 

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According to a fact sheet about the project, the problems that exist are:

• Transportation options in Montrose are limited to auto and bus

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• Sidewalks are limited

• Zoning is difficult to change

• Traffic patterns are confusing


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