The city has received a $141,000 federal grant aimed at making the Town Center area more pedestrian-friendly.
The grant will help pay for improvements to the Pearl-Royalton roads intersection, including new countdown signals that let pedestrians know how much time they have to cross the street and traffic “islands” where walkers can wait if they don’t make it across in time.
Construction is expected to start in the summer.
Signal poles and mast arms will also be replaced and new stamped concrete crosswalks will be added on Westwood Drive and at Strongsville Middle School. Sloped curbs and tactile pavement for the physically and visually impaired will be installed.
Bike racks will be added at the Ehrnfelt Rec Center, as will signs directing bicyclists around the area.
The city will contribute about $200,000 to the project, which is part of a comprehensive Town Center District Redevelopment Plan done by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency. The plan suggests improving pedestrian and biker safety.
The city has already installed stamped concrete crosswalks along parts of Zverina and Westwood