A large portion of Harrison Avenue on the west side is getting a major safety upgrade with the installation of 11 sets of speed cushions.
The $7.6 million project aims to reduce speeding and prevent crashes in an area that saw over 500 collisions in a recent three-year period from 2019-2021, according to data provided from the Department of Transportation and Engineering, sourced from Ohio Department of Transportation crash reports:
- Five fatalities and 21 serious injuries along this corridor
- 19 pedestrian-involved crashes and three bicycle-involved crashes
- 155 sideswipe-passing collisions
- 154 total rear-end crashes occurred at various private driveways along Harrison Avenue
- 187 total angle, left turn and right turn crashes, a majority focused near intersections
- Fixed object crashes occur throughout the corridor, with the majority occurring to the east of Baker Avenu,e where speeds are slightly higher, and the road has more curves. (82 crashes total with 50 crashes occurring from Baker Avenue to Queen City Avenue and 19 of those in the vicinity of Tremont Road.)
Watch our conversation with residents who say safety improvements are much needed:
Harrison Avenue sees major traffic safety improvements on Cincinnati’s west side
The safety improvements will span four miles along Harrison Avenue, starting at Queen City Avenue and extending past the Westwood neighborhood business district.
- New lane striping that will “rightsize” the street.
- Eleven sets of speed cushions to calm traffic
- New crosswalks at Powell Drive and at Bracken Woods Lane (Additionally, all existing marked crosswalks will be repainted.)
- Hardened center lines at eight intersections
- Curb extensions at eight intersections
- One-way protected bike lanes from Queen City Avenue to Fairmount Avenue
- High Friction Surface Treatment (HFST) at four locations
- Two new retaining walls east of Everglade Place
- Parking edge lines in the Westwood neighborhood business district
Read more about the project and click this link for an interactive map shown below:
“If they put a speed bump on the one side, they’re gonna be perfect,” said Losseny Cisse, who works on Harrison Avenue.
Cisse, who repairs cars for a living, worries about the vehicles that speed down the road as he and his coworkers move vehicles on and off the lot…