FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 10, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513-352-3417

CINCINNATI – Eastbound East Court Street between Walnut and Main will be closed for 10 days beginning at 6:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, so crews can dig a trench and install conduit to power the Cincinnati Streetcar. The conduit will carry cables linking the streetcar track on Main Street to the traction power substation on East Court at Walnut.

Main Street will remain open while work is under way but will have lane restrictions between Ninth and East Court streets. Motorists traveling on Walnut will be detoured east on Seventh Street and north on Main.

Pedestrian access on the south side of East Court will be maintained, as well as all crosswalks. On-street parking on the south side will be prohibited during the closure. Parking on the north side will remain open.

Detour signage will be posted.

This stretch of East Court Street is scheduled to reopen by 6:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 23.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan.­ 26, 2014
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513-352-3417

CINCINNATI – The first segment of overhead wire needed to power the Cincinnati Streetcar will be installed along Elm Street from 12th to Henry beginning at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28. Installation is expected to take several hours and should be complete by approximately 7:00 a.m.

The street will not be closed but motorists on Elm may be delayed periodically overnight as crews work their way up the nearly half-mile stretch from Music Hall to Findlay Market in Over-the Rhine.

"The installation of the overhead contact system wire is another milestone in the construction process,” said John Deatrick, project executive for the streetcar. “The wire transmits the electric current from the traction power substations to the streetcar vehicles. We will install several more segments of wire for the Over-the-Rhine loop between now and this spring.”

The wire, which will be held in place nearly 20 feet above the track by a series of poles, will carry a 750 volt DC electric current transmitted by the traction power substations along the route.

The wire should be assumed to “live,” or electrified, at all times. For safety reasons, the public is required to stay a minimum of 10 feet away from any streetcar wires.

Additional safety information for the general public, building owners and those performing non-transportation maintenance along the route will be forthcoming from the City of Cincinnati. 

Photo Opportunity and Media Briefing
Deatrick will be available to answer safety and construction-related questions at a media briefing scheduled for 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at the Music Hall streetcar stop on Elm Street.

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

CINCINNATI – Both sides of Court Street between Walnut and Main will be closed tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 22, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the delivery and installation of a power substation for the Cincinnati Streetcar.

In addition, traffic traveling southbound on Walnut between Central Parkway and Ninth streets and eastbound on Court between Vine and Walnut will be stopped for a brief period while the power substation is set in place.

Motorists traveling eastbound on Court Street will be detoured south to Walnut and east to Seventh and north on Main. Motorists traveling north on Main who want to access westbound Court Street will be detoured west on Central Parkway and south on Walnut. Detour signs will be posted and pedestrian access maintained.

This is the second of four substations to be delivered. The substations power the streetcar along its 3.6-mile route. The first is located at the streetcar’s maintenance and operations facility on Henry Street in Over-the-Rhine. The others will be located on Pete Rose Way near Metro’s transit center and on Race near Findlay Market. 

Oct. 24, 2014
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513-352-3417

CINCINNATI - The Findlay Market area of Race Street between McMicken and Elder and the intersection of Findlay Street at Race will close for three weeks beginning Monday, Oct. 27, so crews may install track for the Cincinnati Streetcar. 

Access to Findlay Market and all its parking lots will be maintained throughout the closure, which ends Friday, Nov. 14. 



















“Crews will be installing curved at the intersections to create turnouts for possible, future expansion,” said John Deatrick, project executive. “Turnouts are more complex and take longer to install than straight, tangent track because they are set in concrete and require additional steps to complete.”

Race Street will be closed at McMicken but local access maintained. Motorists will be detoured south on Vine to Elder back to Race. Elder will be temporarily converted to one-way west. Findlay Street will be closed between McMicken and Elm. Local access to the Findlay Market north parking lot will be maintained via Findlay Street.

Detour signs will be posted to help guide motorists around the work site. All pedestrian access will be maintained.

Additional work will continue in the area until mid December, requiring lane restrictions. Paving on Elm & Race is scheduled to finish tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 25. 

SEPT. 25, 2014
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513-352-3417

CINCINNATI – Eighth Street between Vine and Walnut will be closed from 7:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, until 6:00 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29, so crews may install track for the Cincinnati Streetcar at the Walnut Street intersection.

At least one lane of Walnut Street will remain open throughout the weekend as crews install track and weld it in place, add reinforcing steel and pour concrete. An additional lane on Walnut will be opened as field conditions allow.

Detour signs will be posted to direct motorists around the site. Local access will be maintained.

For questions about streetcar construction, contact Dave Krusling at dave.krusling@cincinnati-oh.gov or 513-379-8108.