Winter 2023-24 Progress Report

Below is the long list of the Plan’s projects that have been completed, are underway, or are funded.

 

Overall Plan Recommendations

Projects Completed

  • Develop the Dayton Riverfront Plan website at daytonriverfrontplan.org
  • Develop a comprehensive waterway access plan

Projects in Planning/Design

  • Develop riverfront development and ecological guidelines
  • Consider reconfiguration of Riverside Drive and James H. McGee Blvd.

Downtown Corridor, Great Miami River Central

Projects Completed

  • Reconstruct the Third Street Bridge
  • Schematic design for The Suns: Sunrise and Sunset parks and the Unity Bridge
  • Expand Link Bikeshare with two new downtown hubs
  • Widen the bike path at RiverScape River Run to allow for paddlesport livery vehicles and food trucks; construct a terrace for hanging out and small events just above the River Run
  • Add shade sails, tables, chaise lounges, and public art at the RiverScape River Run Terrace
  • Install a kayak/stand-up paddleboard rack and drop-off area at Monument and Jefferson to serve kayakers at the RiverScape River Run
  • Develop a multi-modal transportation corridor plan
  • Construct the Centennial Overlook at Edwin C. Moses and the Monument Ave. Bridge
  • Operational Funding Study for The Suns, the project that includes Sunrise MetroPark, Sunset Park, McIntosh Park, and the Unity Bridge

New:

  • Extend Great Miami Bikeway at the top of the levee in Sunrise MetroPark from Monument Ave. to Third St.
  • A.C. Marriott Hotel and Foundry Restaurant, Madison Street
  • The Sutton Apartments, E. First Street
  • Monument Apartments, Monument Avenue

Projects being implemented

New:

  • Construct a two-way cycle tract on West Third Street from Perry Street to Robert Drive
  • The DELCO mixed use development, Madison Street

Projects Funded

  • Extend Great Miami Bikeway at the top of the levee in Sunrise MetroPark from Monument Ave. to below the Art Institute

New:

  • Redevelop Wright Dunbar Park into Honor Park, NE corner of Third St. and Edwin C. Moses Blvd.

Projects in Planning/Design

  • Add a protected two-way cycle track on W. Third St. between Ludlow and I-75
  • Update the site plan for RiverScape MetroPark
  • Construct the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Memorial along Edwin C. Moses Blvd.
  • Rebuild the Riverside Bridge into downtown over the Great Miami River

New:

  • RiverWalk: a looped pathway around the Great Miami River from Third Street to Riverside Drive bridges from The Suns to RiverScape

Community Corridor, Wolf Creek

Projects Completed

  • West Social Tap and Table
  • Gem City Market
  • Construct a protected two-way cycle track from Wright-Dunbar Link station to Third Street Bridge
  • Implement pedestrian and cycling infrastructure improvements for routes to schools and parks
  • Renovated and upgraded kitchen at Adventure Central in Wesleyan MetroPark
  • Expand Wesleyan MetroPark with land acquisition to create a linked +100-acre park
  • Improve McIntosh Park including off-street parking and renovated basketball courts
  • Relocate the Wright Flyer sculpture to the corner of Edwin C. Moses and Third Street

    Projects being implemented

    • Acquire land to establish Wolf Creek open space corridor
    • Construct the Wolf Creek Bikeway off the street from Bridge St. to Wesleyan MetroPark
    • Redesign and Reconstruct Salem Avenue with street trees and wide sidewalks, ornamental lights, and safe connections for cyclists
    • Redevelop 1005 W. Third Street in Wright Dunbar to provide multi-family housing
    • Implement the Wolf Creek Housing Stabilization project to fill in vacant lots in the Wolf Creek neighborhood
    • Redevelop the Gem City Ice Cream site
    • Remove one block of Negley Place from Edwin C. Moses Blvd to Orth Drive, provide an accessible ramp to the Great Miami River Trail, and connect McIntosh Park to the Wolf Creek

    Projects Funded

    New:

    • Road diet on Edwin C. Moses Boulevard from West Third Street to Salem Avenue

      Projects in Planning/Design

      • Lay back levees to create open space, south side, between Sweetman and Broadway (partially complete)
      • Revitalize east Wolf Creek as a mixed-use neighborhood; assemble land for infill residential, commercial, office redevelopment
      • Construct the Wolf Creek Bikeway: Bridge St. to Wesleyan MetroPark
      • Redevelop the Zion Center at the corner of West Third St. and Edwin C. Moses Blvd.
      • Continue the Wolf Creek Bikeway from Wesleyan MetroPark to Hickorydale Park

      New:

      • Install new Link bike hubs in Old Dayton View, Grafton Hill, Wright Dunbar, Wolf Creek, and Five Oaks

      Technology Corridor, Mad River

      Projects Completed

      • Realign Valley Street between Troy Avenue and Keowee Street
      • Reconstruct Springfield Street from First Street to Smithville Road
      • Revise TechTown design guidelines to reflect an urban campus

      New:

      • Construct a bikeway ramp along levee at Tech Town

      Projects Funded

      • Reconstruct Findlay Street including adding bike lanes from monument Avenue to First Street

      Projects in Planning/Design

      • Complete Point Park park along the Mad River at The Point

      New:

      • Develop housing on Valley Street at Keowee Street

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