2008 Lake to Lakes Trail Plan (PDF)
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Lake to Lake Trail Rockefeller Park to Lower Shaker Lake ParkWorks / University Circle Incorporated / City of Cleveland Lake To Lake Trail Committee Members Ann Klavora – Shaker Heights Planning Anthony Burton – NPI Bob Brown – Cleveland Planning Director Carl Czaga – Cleveland Heights Chris Bongorno – UCI Chris Ronayne – UCI Debbie Berry – UCI Greg Peckham – CPA Jim Danek – Cuyahoga County Planning Joyce Braverman – Shaker Heights Planning Director Joyce Rhyan – NPI Marty Cader – Cleveland Planning Pam George – SHAD Richard Wong – Cleveland Heights Planning Director Victoria Mills – Doan Brook Watershed Partnership Lake to Lake Trail Design Intent Providing a safe accessible route for pedes- will offer the opportunity for users to have ander through Ambler Park and could be con- trians and bicyclists to traverse the Doan continuous sidewalks and off road path routes sidered in conjunction with the development Brook Watershed has long been a goal of the to Wade Oval, the Fine Arts Garden and Eu- of stormwater management improvements institutions in University Circle and the mu- clid Avenue. and daylighting of a portion of the brook that nicipalities of Cleveland, Shaker Heights and is currently culverted under the park. The Cleveland Heights. Vehicular traffic on wide Improvements to the Euclid Corridor for the scenic quality of the valley and respite from one-way thoroughfares makes it difficult and Healthline Transit Link include safe crossing vehicular traffic make this option preferable. unsafe to accomplish the route in the form locations at the corners of all intersecting of signed bike routes. Portions of an off road streets. The suggestion to reinterpret the Other challenges include the crossing of M.L. trail were established in the 990’s yet the historic Circle as a landscape element will be King Jr. Drive at the top of Fairhill, which will important links across the streets and railway featured at the Euclid intersections. Further require traffic island reworking, and the front- corridors remained incomplete. Trail stan- to the south redevelopment of the Redline age of Belgian Village that will require working dards have also improved over the past few Station at Cedar Hill by RTA will create an with the City of Cleveland to install the trail years and some of the current trail sections in extension of Rockefeller Park as far south as within the right-of-way along the historic dis- place are substandard. Carnegie Avenue by reclaiming the former trict’s street frontage. Ultimately the trail will bus turnaround as park space. extend to Coventry Road in Shaker Heights The Harrison Dillard Bikeway in Rockefeller where it will cross into Cleveland Heights and Park has become very popular as an off-road The greatest challenge in the proposed trail join up with the existing trail along the North route to the Lakefront State Park and to alignment is the crossing of the railway line Park Drive side of the Lower Shaker Lake. University Circle. The challenge to the pedes- just south of Carnegie and Cedar Avenues. trian and bicyclist occurs when they encoun- Two options exist: widen sidewalk along the As a whole, the Lake to Lake Trail will provide ter the East 05th Street intersection. This Stokes Boulevard bridge over the tracks and a route for pedestrians and bicyclists to travel confusing junction of several streets makes it require the user to follow the public right of up and down the Doan Brook Watershed that extremely difficult to safely arrive at the Wade ways to do access it, or widen the walks of is both safe and scenic, and connect neigh- Oval and the University Circle institutions. the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive underpass. borhoods across three cities to some of the Improvements proposed for the intersection The later option would allow the trail to me- most vibrant institutions in Cleveland. Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 C<7D3@A7BG 17@1:3 7 <1 Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland Botanical Doan Brook Natural History Garden Lake to Lake Trail Museum Wade Oval ParkWorks - University Circle Incorporated Mt. Sinai Dr. June 2008 Jeptha West Quad Cleveland Institute Ford 105th Cleveland Museum of Art of Art Jr. Drive Jr. Mayfield Road Martin Luther King King Luther Martin East Boulevard Euclid Avenue Upper Chester L.E.E.D. Neighborhood Fine Arts Garden Chester Avenue University Hospital Enhanced MLK Jr. Drive looking toward West Quad site Crosswalks Cleveland Museum of Art Euclid Avenue Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Clinic John Hay School / Cleveland School of the Arts Carnegie Avenue Future RTA Red Line Rapid Transit Station Stokes Boulevard Existing path between MLK Jr. Drive and Stearns Cedar Glen Parkway Cedar Road Judson Rudy Rogers Park Sheet 1 of 2 RTA Red LIne Baldwin Reservoir Overall Plan East 05th to Carnegie Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 2 0 100 200 300 400 ROCKEFELLER PARK STRATEGIC PLANNING CLEVELAND, OHIO north 1 inch equals 100 feet Proposed Intersection of East 05th Street and MLK Jr. Drive Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 Lake to Lake Trail toLake Lake Bird’s Eye View of Proposed East ofProposed View Eye Bird’s 05th Street and MLK Jr. Drive Intersection Drive andMLKJr. 05th Street McKnight Associates McKnight with Cancer Memorial View Eye Bird’s June, 2008 June, June 8, 2007 8, June UNIVERSITY CIRCLE PREPARED BY: Cleveland, Ohio S I T E W O R K S 231 Douglas Avenue I Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 I 434.923.8100 I www.siteworks-studio.com ROCKEFELLER PARK STRATEGIC PLANNING F CLEVELAND, OHIO Perspective of East 05th Street and MLK Jr. Drive at Rockefeller Park Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 5 ROCKEFELLER PARK STRATEGIC PLANNING F CLEVELAND, OHIO Perspective of East 05th Street and MLK Jr. Drive at Cancer Survivor’s Monument Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland Botanical Doan Brook Natural History Garden Lake to Lake Trail Museum Wade Oval ParkWorks - University Circle Incorporated Mt. Sinai Dr. June 2008 Jeptha West View from the Fine Arts Garden Quad Cleveland Institute Ford 105th Cleveland Museum of Art of Art Jr. Drive Jr. Mayfield Road Martin Luther King King Luther Martin MLK Jr. Drive looking toward West Quad site East Boulevard Euclid Avenue Upper Chester L.E.E.D. Neighborhood Fine Arts Garden Fine Arts Garden Chester Avenue University Hospital Enhanced Crosswalks Euclid Avenue Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Clinic Closeup Plan - 05th and MLK to Euclid John Hay School / Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 Cleveland School of the Arts Carnegie Avenue Future RTA Red Line Rapid Transit Station Stokes Boulevard Cedar Glen Parkway Cedar Road Judson Rudy Rogers Park Sheet 1 of 2 RTA Red LIne Baldwin Reservoir Pedestrian Bridge over MLK Jr. Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 8 Stearns Road looking north toward Euclid EUCLID CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS SCULPTURE GROVE Statue on south-east corner of Stearns and Euclid Looking west up Euclid from Stearns Intersection at Stearns and Euclid Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 9 Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland Botanical Doan Brook Natural History Garden Lake to Lake Trail Museum Wade Oval ParkWorks - University Circle Incorporated Mt. Sinai Dr. June 2008 Jeptha West Quad Cleveland Institute Ford 105th Cleveland Museum of Art of Art Jr. Drive Jr. Mayfield Road Martin Luther King King Luther Martin East Boulevard Euclid Avenue Upper Chester L.E.E.D. Neighborhood Fine Arts Garden Chester Avenue University Hospital Enhanced Crosswalks Euclid Avenue Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Clinic John Hay School / Cleveland School of the Arts Carnegie Avenue Future RTA Red Line Rapid Transit Station Stokes Boulevard Between MLK Jr. Drive and Stearns Cedar Glen Parkway Cedar Road Judson Rudy Rogers Park Sheet 1 of 2 Cleveland School of the Arts RTA Red LIne Baldwin Reservoir Closeup Plan - Euclid to RTA Red Line Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 0 Looking towards Cedar Glen Parkway and new RTA Site Looking north at Stearns and MLK Jr. Drive Reclaimed park area with proposed RTA reconfiguration Looking west up Carnegie Existing RTA station Cedar Glen / MLK / Stearns / Carnegie Intersection Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 Crossing Cedar at MLK Jr. Drive Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 2 MLK Jr. Drive West of Rail Bridge Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 Rail Crossing Options - Fairhill Road Bridge or MLK Jr. Drive Underpass Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 Detail of Trail Over Fairhill Road Bridge Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 5 Detail of Trail at MLK Jr. Drive Underpass Lake to Lake Trail McKnight Associates June, 2008 Lake to Lake Trail Difficult Crossing @ Fairhill Overpass ParkWorks - University Circle Incorporated Alternate Route June 2008 “Rudy Rogers Park“ Rail Line Redevelopment Water Treatment Facility Cedar Hill Link Doan Brook valley above Rudy Rogers Park Circle-Heights Bike Network “Fast Route” Rock Outcrop Roxboro Overlook Elementary Doan Brook North Park Boulevard Circle-Heights Narrow R.O.W. @ Cleveland Bike Network Belgian Village Heights “Slow Route” Elevated Boardwalk / Structural Walkway Required @ Stop City of Fairhill Road Narrow Alignment Cleveland Jr. Drive Jr. Secondary Route Martin Luther King King Luther Martin Existing Stream Crossing & Headwall Buckeye Shaker Heights Circle-Heights (10’ Clear Existing) Neighborhood Primary