Engineering. Surveying. Planning. Design.
This project marks Ohio’s first “Contraflow” bike lane and Stark County’s first dedicated bike lane. Point Design Group received three awards for this Canton, Ohio project, in 2014.
Point Design Group was hired by the Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) to improve the Walnut Avenue transit corridor, in accordance with SARTA and the City of Canton guidelines to upgrade intersections and traffic signals, improve pedestrian facilities, add bicycle lanes, transit shelter, bus pull-offs and aesthetic streetscaping. This project marks Ohio’s first “Contraflow” bike lane and Stark County’s first dedicated bike lane.
This project received the “Great Lakes Region Project of the Year for Projects under $3 Million” in October 2014 from the American Society of Highway Engineers. This project also received in 2014, “Outstanding Highway Project under $3 million” from the American Society of Highway Engineers and an “Honor Award” from the American Council of Engineering Companies Ohio.
Project Client:
Stark Area Regional Transit Authority
Project Location:
Canton, OH
Services Included:
Traffic Signal Design
Roadway Design
Storm Sewer System Design
Surveying Services
Point Design Group was contracted by St. Clair Township in Westmoreland County to provide engineering design and construction period services on three roadway widening and surfacing projects within the Township.
The 14-foot wide bridge reconnects the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath at a location where an aqueduct once transported canal boats over the river. The reemergence of the towpath as a recreational corridor was the driving force in providing this safe passage along this section of the towpath.
Point Design Group identified alternatives that not only improved the pavement conditions, drainage, and lighting on the Akron-Canton Airport entrance road and parking areas but also reduced congestion in front of the terminal and simplified ingress and egress.
This project marks Ohio’s first “Contraflow” bike lane and Stark County’s first dedicated bike lane. Point Design Group received three awards for this Canton, Ohio project, in 2014.
Point Design Group team was hired by the Stark Park District to complete the planning and design for this bridge over IR-77 that reconnects the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath between Fort Laurens in Bolivar and the Village of Zoar.
Point Design Group teamed with H.R. Gray of Akron, Ohio, for this new $9.9 million Downtown Transformation Design-Build Project.