Tuesday, November 19 2013
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Cincinnati Might Have to Payback Streetcar Grant to Federal Government
If John Cranley gets his way and ends development on the streetcar, Cincinnati will have to pay back the federal government all of the grant money the project has been given. The project is slated to receive $44.9 million from three separate federal grants, which Cranley had hope to reuse for other projects such as the Western Hills Viaduct. Fortunately the project has only spent $2 million of federal money.
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Stalled MSD Projects Create Push to Repeal Responsible Bidder Ordinance
Thanks to opposition to Cincinnati's responsible bidder ordinance, and some legal ambiguity as to the jurisdiction of city vs. state bidding rules, several Metropolitan Sewer District projects are at a stand-still. According to some Council Members, the only solution to the impasse is to scrap the city ordinance entirely. MSD currently faces a federal mandate to reduce sewer overflow and the disagreement over the bidding process is clogging the tubes.
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Former Bengals Thomas Howard in Fatal Car Wreck
Thomas Howard, a two-season veteran linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals died yesterday from injuries sustained in a high-speed car crash in Oakland, California. WCPO reports that the car was traveling in excess of 100mph when it struck a tractor-trailer and flipped before landing across the median.
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Northside-to-Downtown Bikeway to be Installed in 2014
Bike enthusiasts' wheels must be turning thanks to a new proposed bikeway connecting Northside to Downtown. With all the neighborhoods in between also benefitting, the project will convert one lane of Central Parkway, running in either direction for bike-only use. The funds for the work come courtesy of a state grant; work will start in the summer of 2014.
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No Funding for Cincinnati Museum Center until Union Terminal is Fixed
Cincinnati Museum Center might never have to go back to voters asking for a tax levy if it weren’t for the constant repairs its home at Union Terminal requires. Unfortunately those repairs to the aging Union Terminal add up quickly and both the city of Cincinnati and Hamilton County often quibble about who is on the hook for paying for the fixes. Hamilton County Commissioners told the Museum Center that they won’t approve their request for a $15 million per year tax levy until the repairs at Union Terminal are completed. Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann said the $180 million needed to fully repair Union Terminal needed to be reduced.
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