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Council approves North Main Street resurfacing, sidewalks and road-diet plan after 11-2 vote
Summary
Akron City Council passed a resolution to improve North Main Street — including resurfacing, curbs, sidewalks, water work and tree planting — over objections about a planned road diet and business impacts; the measure passed 11 to 2.
Akron City Council on an 11-to-2 vote approved a resolution declaring it necessary to improve North Main Street between Martin Luther King Boulevard and the city’s northern corporate limit by resurfacing the roadway, reconstructing curbs and concrete sidewalks, installing driveway approaches, water service connections and water mains, installing roof drain pipes and planting trees, and declared an emergency.
The resolution matters because it authorizes design and construction work on a major corridor and includes a road-diet configuration that…
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