The Cleveland City Council green-lit a $3 million appropriation this week to help fund a beach trail connector project along the eastern lakefront near the Collinwood neighborhood.
CLEVELAND — Following a similar model pioneered by nearby Euclid, the project includes shoreline stabilization and erosion control measures for nearby homeowners in exchange for an expansion of public access to Lake Erie.
The project area begins near the western edge of Euclid Creek Reservation near Euclid Beach Pier. The trail connector will be built along the lakefront, stretching approximately two-thirds of a mile toward the west. According to planning documents submitted to council, the trail connector will help stabilize the quickly deteriorating bluff overlooking the lake, which has suffered severe erosion over the past few years.
“Anything that is going to make that easier for more and more people to get to access [the lake] is going to be great,” said Matt Jackson, who visits Euclid Creek Reservation multiple times per week. “I think any improvements to any of the different Metroparks are well worth the investment to bring more people, more locals and people visiting, to experience the best parts of our city.”
In conjunction with Cuyahoga County, the City of Euclid designed and built a new trail and pier extending into the lake from nearby Sims Park. Being built in phases, the Euclid lakefront project uniquely solved a problem that has long proved vexing for city planners: How do you increase public access to Lake Erie when most of the land is privately owned?
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