City staff outline plan to reconstruct Riverside Drive stone wall as part of shared‑use path project

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City engineers presented a plan to reconstruct roughly 1,000 feet of Riverside Drive stone wall where it conflicts with a planned shared‑use path and utility extensions, proposing dry‑laid stone reconstruction, selective reuse of weathered stones and preservation of columns where feasible; staff noted constraints from waterlines, bedrock and cost (about $303.50/ft).

Josh Miller, an engineer in the City of Dublin's Capital Projects division, told the Architectural Review Board that the Riverside Drive Utility and Shared Use Path Extension (Area 3) will affect an existing stone wall that largely sits in the public right of way and was reconstructed by the Ohio Department of Transportation in the 1940s.

“We are proposing to reconstruct the wall using a traditional dry laid stone section,” Miller said, describing a plan to reuse good, weathered stone where those pieces can be used in non‑load bearing positions. He told the board staff cataloged the existing wall condition — about 1,000 feet from the south near Tonti Drive north toward Wyandotte Woods Boulevard — and found sections ranging from collapsed to in good condition.

Miller said the wall largely overlaps the planned shared‑use path and the city’s proposed water main, creating conflicts that…

City staff outline plan to reconstruct Riverside Drive stone wall as part of shared‑use path project

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