Shaker council gives go-ahead to Lee Road Action Plan, Arcadia mixed-use development in Van Aken District

June 6, 2023

Shaker council gives go-ahead to Lee Road Action Plan, Arcadia mixed-use development in Van Aken District

Updated: Mar. 28, 2023, 2:38 p.m.

Published: Mar. 28, 2023, 1:53 p.m.

A view along Lee Road in Shaker Heights northward toward Chagrin Boulevard, where officials are putting together a $24 million overhaul of the existing corridor. Talks continue with the Shaker Heights School District about the possibility of relocating its bus depot, which would provide for a “Neighborhood Center,” plaza and extension of Chelton Park across the street. Tom Jewell/Special to cleveland.com

Thomas Jewell, special to cleveland.com

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — The Lee Road Action Plan got the green light from City Council Monday (March 27) to proceed next year with engineering and design for a “road diet,” bikeway and streetscape.

Construction on the proposal for $24 million in public improvements would commence in 2027 for the “community-driven, visionary reinvestment plan to comprehensively transform the area south of Van Aken Boulevard into a thriving corridor and commercial district that is attractive, walkable, bikeable and transit-friendly,” according to information from the city.

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