Brook Park’s Service Committee voted to place a resolution on the May 20 council agenda authorizing the city to submit an application to the Ohio Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) for funding to support major road and interchange upgrades tied to a proposed dome stadium and adjacent mixed‑use development.

Service and administration officials described potential improvements that could be included in the TRAC application: widening I‑71 northbound, constructing or modifying exit ramps (including a proposed Snow Road slip ramp), and reconfiguring Angle Road to serve the planned mixed‑use area. The administration estimated preliminary project costs “somewhere 70 plus million.” The mayor and service director said TRAC awards consider economic development and capacity and that the resolution — signed by both the administration and council as co‑sponsors — would strengthen the application.

Committee members pressed for public layouts and asked whether resident properties or housing would be affected. The mayor and service director said traffic studies and engineering work are ongoing and that, as currently proposed, the ramp and widening work would not require taking residents’ backyards on Cricket Lane; the mayor said there is a resident request for a driveway to the backyard but that studies will inform final designs. The service director said traffic studies show limited everyday impact and that event‑day impacts would be managed; he said some initial numbers indicated little or no adverse long‑term traffic effect.

Officials said the TRAC application process would require the city to act as the public sponsor; following application scoring, city staff expect to present to TRAC and potentially receive an award with work beginning in 2027 if funded. The committee voted to place the TRAC‑application resolution on the May 20 agenda for first reading. Councilmembers emphasized this procedural step does not commit the city to construction but is necessary to pursue grant funding.