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Public hearing held on proposed Old Canal towpath trail; grant application eyed
Summary
Village Administrator Brian Bibler presented a multi-phase plan to convert the Old Canal towpath into a walking and biking trail; residents raised safety, hunting and maintenance concerns and staff said an ODNR grant application is planned with a March submission deadline.
Baltimore Village held a public hearing on a proposed walking and biking trail along the Old Canal towpath and collected comments as staff prepares a grant application.
Village Administrator Brian Bibler outlined a multi‑phase vision to develop an approximately two-mile canal towpath into a paved trail connecting the center of town (opposite the police station) south past Bibler/Bivore Lock and Smack Park to Leonard Road. Bibler said the village has identified phase 1—roughly a mile in length— as an initial target for upcoming Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) grants and that the village would later pursue bridge connections and extensions as additional phases.
Why it matters: The project would create a local walking and bicycling connection, could tie into county active‑transportation plans and would…
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