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Village receives $572k in Transit Grants By Randy York In late September, The Village of Mariemont was awarded a total of $572,000 in Transit Infrastructure Funds (TIF) that are administered by The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA). The Village will receive $108,500 or 70 percent of the total cost to pave Grove Avenue. The total net cost of the project will be split with Columbia Township. The Village will receive $148,500 or 90 percent of the cost to pave Pocahontas Avenue. Finally, the Village will receive $315,000 or 90 percent of the cost to construct a sidewalk from Mariemont Avenue to Wooster Pike on the west side of Pleasant Avenue along the front of Dogwood Park. The sidewalk will continue on the north side of Wooster Pike at Pleasant Avenue across the bridge to Chestnut Street.
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In May 2020, the residents of Hamilton County voted to replace Cincinnati Metro's existing funding model, which relied primarily on the city's earnings tax, with a new funding structure. Effective January 2021, a 0.8-percent sales tax funds SORTA for the next 25 years. Seventy-five percent of the sales tax levy (0.6 percent) funds Metro’s bus service operations and capital costs. The remaining 25 percent (0.2 percent), managed under the TIF program, goes toward infrastructure improvements—such as road, bridge, and sidewalk improvements—that fall within Metro's service area and would benefit bus service. Infrastructure projects eligible for consideration must be within three-fourths of a mile from a Metro fixed transit route. Metro route 29x runs along Wooster Pike through the Village. This is the third year
that SORTA has administered the Transit Infrastructure Funds and the first time that the Village of Mariemont has applied. The application was due at the end of May and was completed by the Public Works Committee with the guidance and assistance of Village Engineer Chris Ertle.
Mariemont Centennial Fundraiser Goal: $2,000,000 Current: $1,300,000
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