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Milford council approves amended ODOT agreement after ADA-related scope cuts to Main and Lila sidewalks
Summary
City council authorized the city manager to sign an amended LPA federal ODOT LEHI project agreement after ODOT removed several sidewalk segments over ADA pedestrian-access concerns; council and staff said the city can pursue the omitted sections locally but cautioned bids and central-office estimates may require additional legislation.
Milford City Council on April 15 adopted an ordinance authorizing the city manager to enter into an amended LPA federal Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) LEHI project agreement that reduces the scope of federally funded pedestrian improvements on Main Street and Lila Avenue.
City Manager Benjamin Gunderson told council the grant and project date back several years and that a recent round of ODOT review removed some sidewalk sections from the federally funded scope after ODOT and the city’s engineer identified portions that did not meet ODOT’s pedestrian-access-route requirements.
Dylan, the city engineer, explained the technical constraint: “pedestrian access route for ADA compliance is 4 feet,…
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