Brecksville‑Broadview Heights outlines multi‑phase campus master plan; Phase 2 driveway budgeted at $2.4 million

The Brecksville‑Broadview Heights City Board of Education reviewed a multi‑phase campus master plan at a special meeting April 14 that is intended to reconfigure vehicle access, expand bus circulation, and add athletic and pedestrian amenities in successive phases. District staff said Phase 2, the primary campus driveway and a mini‑roundabout, is budgeted at about $2.4 million; staff presented higher‑cost alternatives for later phases that would require bond financing or private funding.

“The whole purpose of the campus master plan was… the city was asking for us to figure out what we were gonna do with our campus, so that traffic on Mill Road could be alleviated some,” Jeff (staff member) said, explaining the project’s origin in a city traffic study. Staff said Phase 1 — demolition of the Hilton building — is complete and the master plan begins with Phase 2, which would construct a new driveway with a small roundabout, an 18‑foot LED light‑pole scheme (expanded from the original 28‑foot proposal), and underground…