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Garfield Heights mayor backs $30 million application to fund Turning Road extension
Summary
Mayor Matthew Burke announced local developer Lee Boyes and the city will apply for an All Ohio Future Fund grant to complete a long-delayed Turning Road extension, saying the project could spur regional investment though the city would likely seek additional funding if the state grant is not fully awarded.
Mayor Matthew Burke told the Drivehill Heights council on Aug. 11 that Lee Boyes of Boyes Excavating will apply, with city and county support, to the All Ohio Future Fund for about $30 million to complete the Turning Road extension to Rockside. Burke said the road is a roughly three-quarter-mile project that has faced “many roadblocks” over more than 15 years and that the application follows county economic-impact studies that showed benefits to Garfield Heights and surrounding areas. The mayor said he negotiated a right-of-way transition with Boyes and that the city and Cuyahoga County will back the application. “As soon as…
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