Thanks to Steven Litt of Cleveland.com for his wonderful coverage of the land bridge concept, of which the Green Ribbon Coalition has been a long time advocate.
revealing comment at a public meeting last week that underscores the biggest obstacle facing Cleveland’s new vision for revamping its ugly, aging, dysfunctional downtown lakefront.
It’s not about money, at least for now. It’s about traffic.
The city’s proposal in effect raises the question of whether regional traffic flow east and west across the shoreline is more important than enabling Cleveland to make the most out of its proximity to Lake Erie, Ohio’s greatest natural asset.