FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Miller, 513-352-3417
 
​CINCINNATI  –  Lincoln Avenue between Reading Road and Winslow Avenue will be closed for approximately one month beginning Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, so crews for the University of Cincinnati may continue renovation of a former Sears, Roebuck & Co. department store.​ 

The closure will be in place 24/7 until at least Feb. 1 to accommodate crews tearing down a portion of the building at 2900 Reading Road. In addition, the east lane and sidewalk along Reading Road from Linton to Lincoln remains closed 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily.

Motorists on Lincoln will be detoured via Reading, Oak Street and Winslow Avenue. Detour signage will be posted.

Local access for residents and businesses will be maintained from Concordia Street to Lincoln.
Pedestrian access will be allowed on the north side of Lincoln. Also, the Metro bus stop in this stretch of Lincoln has been temporarily relocated farther down the north side of the street.

Check www.go-metro.com for updates.

UC is transforming the site into a technology research center. The university has been using the building for other purposes. Exterior work is expected to wrap up by late fall 2016.

Monday, Dec. 21, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov or 513-352-3417

​CINCINNATI  –  Joe Nuxhall Way will be reduced to two lanes of through traffic between Mehring Way and Freedom Way from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 22, so crews may begin the first series of concrete pours for the AC Marriott Hotel under construction at The Banks. The west sidewalk also will be closed.


Traffic will be shifted to the east side of Joe Nuxhall Way, with one lane for each direction allowed. Cones will be set up around the site and flaggers will help direct motorists and pedestrians.

The work is weather-dependent. In case of rain, crews will conduct the pour at the same time Wednesday, Dec. 23.

Pours will take place, as needed, while the seven-story hotel is under construction.  Construction is scheduled to finish in spring 2017. 

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Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Miller, 513-352-3417
 
Tower Crane Being Set Up for Apartment Tower, Garage Construction near Holiday Inn Site

CINCINNATI  –  Eighth Street will be closed between Broadway and Sycamore streets beginning at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 18, until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, so crews may install a tower crane for the construction of a 17-story, mixed-use apartment building and garage. In addition, westbound Reedy Street also will be closed between Eggleston and Broadway.

The detour for Eighth Street will be north on Broadway, west on Ninth and south on Sycamore.

Motorists exiting the Gilbert Avenue viaduct will be directed to use the same detour.

The north sidewalk on Eighth between Broadway and Sycamore will remain open.

Detour signage will be posted to help direct motorists and pedestrians.

The crane will be in place until November 2016 as crews erect the residential tower and 500-space, seven-level garage that will sit on the site of a former Red Cross office and immediately adjacent to a Holiday Inn, also under construction on the southeast portion of the block along Seventh and Broadway.

The curb lane and sidewalk along Sycamore and Seventh streets around the block that includes the mixed-use tower, garage and Holiday Inn sites will remain closed until construction wraps up on both projects in 2016.

The garage will serve the hotel, apartments and general public.

Information Updates
Construction schedules can change due to weather or unforeseen field conditions. For the latest information on construction affecting Downtown streets and sidewalks, check RoadmapCincy:

​@RoadmapCincy
 
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 www.roadmapcincy.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Rocky Merz, 513-352-5358 or Ursula Miller, 513-352-3417

CINCINNATI  –  Elm Street between 14th and Liberty will be closed 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, and Friday, Dec. 11, so crews for the Cincinnati Streetcar may conduct tests that require repeated acceleration and braking along a straight stretch of track.

The tests will check noise and vibration levels on the interior and exterior of the vehicle. Crews need to close Elm to accommodate microphones and recording equipment at the site.

Parking also will be prohibited along this stretch of Elm during the tests.

Motorists driving north on Elm will be detoured west onto 14th and north on Central Parkway, east on Liberty and back to Elm. Detour signage will be posted.

In addition, 15th Street will be closed between Pleasant Street and Elm. Local access will be allowed via Central Parkway for residents and businesses on Wade, Odeon and Magnolia. Access to 15th between Elm and Central Parkway will be maintained via Odeon to Blanca Alley.

​Crews will continue various on-track tests until pausing for the holidays on Dec. 17. Testing will resume in early January.  

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Dec. 4, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Rocky Merz, 513-352-5358 or Ursula Miller, 513-352-3417

CINCINNATI  –  Crews for the Cincinnati Streetcar will conduct the system’s first multi-vehicle tests along the full 3.6-mile route Monday, Dec. 7, starting on Race Street in Over-the-Rhine at approximately 9:30 a.m.

The tests will take place in four separate locations along the route in Over-the-Rhine and the Central Business District. 

The first test will be on Race Street, the next on Walnut and then along two stretches of Main Street, at the southern end of the route near The Banks and another farther north on Main between Central Parkway and Court Street.
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Police will escort the streetcars as they travel the route to help manage traffic. There will be brief, rolling closures in the streetcar lane and at adjacent intersections as crews prep and conduct each test. Motorists traveling in these areas should expect periodic delays.

The two streetcars will be positioned in tandem and will accelerate simultaneously up to 25 miles per hour at each location as part of the tests. The tests will be conducted at least twice in each location.

This round of tests will help determine how much power is needed per substation when two streetcars are running at the same time and how well all aspects of the system are working together. Crews already have run tests to check track alignment and clearances, as well as overhead wire and substation performance.

In addition, as preparation for Monday, crews will conduct short-circuit tests at each of the four substations on Sunday morning, Dec. 6.

The short-circuit tests, by design, will cause intermittent, audible ‘boom’ sounds within earshot of each substation as current levels fluctuate. Residents and visitors should know that the sounds are expected and do not pose a danger to public safety.

The remaining three streetcars in the five-vehicle fleet are scheduled to be delivered in January and February. Crews will continue live-power testing until pausing for the holidays on Dec. 17. Testing will resume in early January.
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Passenger service for the streetcar is expected to begin in September 2016.