Add A Lane To I-480? ODOT Wants Your Input

CLEVELAND — The Ohio Department of Transportation is considering adding a lane to I-480 west, between State Road and SR-176. ODOT hopes the additional lane would ease traffic flow merging onto I-480.

ODOT said the additional lane would create a safer merging condition between ramps and give drivers more distance to get into their desired lanes. The department also believes another lane could help traffic exiting onto State Road from I-480.

Construction on the project would start in 2020, ODOT said. Details on the project would be released in spring of next year.

The estimated cost of the project would be about $1.65 million.

ODOT is looking for public input on this proposed project. Comments can be emailed, phoned in or mailed to Mark Alan Carpenter, the district environmental engineer, at 5500 Transportation Boulevard, Garfield Heights, OH. Comments can be delivered by phone at 216-584-2089 or email via Mark.Carpenter@dot.ohio.gov.

The comment period will close August 25.