Council approves Columbus Road shared-use path project – Athens County Independent

Council approves Columbus Road shared-use path project – Athens County Independent

ATHENS, Ohio — At a Monday, May 19 meeting of Athens City Council, member Alan Swank, 4th Ward, apologized for referring to a proposed Columbus Road project for pedestrians and bicyclists as a “path to nowhere.”  Swank joined the rest of the council in approving an ordinance authorizing Service-Safety Director Andy Stone to put the project out to bid and award a construction contract for the $1.38 million project. Stone said the project had to …