Mandel Community Trail
Project Updates
Jan. 2025 - Utility companies have been working on relocations throughout the winter. The contractor is scheduled to begin work in the coming weeks as the weather allows. Anticipated completion is Summer of 2026
About
The Mandel Community Trail will be a portion of the Cleveland Lakefront Bikeway between E. 9th and E. 55th streets along North Marginal Road on the east side of the city of Cleveland. This new 2.7-mile off-road paved segment will connect to the existing portion of the Cleveland Lakefront Bikeway from E. 55th Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and provide much needed safe access to the lakefront on foot or by bicycle to the St. Clair Superior and Glenville neighborhoods and Downtown.
The project is a partnership with Cuyahoga County, which will manage construction, the City of Cleveland, and Cleveland Metroparks. The Mandel Foundation provided a $5 million gift to Cleveland Metroparks for the trail, which is complemented by $5.6 million of funds from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) through the Federal Highway Administration’s Carbon Reduction Program and local match funds provided by Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland.
In the News
Cleveland officials break ground on North Marginal Trail project - News 5 Cleveland (August 12, 2024)
Cleveland to greenlight plans for lakefront trail from downtown to East 55th Street - Cleveland.com (Feb. 28, 2024)
Project Type: All-Purpose Trail Project
Estimated Construction Timeline: Fall 2024 - Summer 2026
Contact: Seth Keller, Project Manager, 216-678-2651 or [email protected]
Project Size: 2.7 mile trail
Contracting Partner(s): TBD
Consulting Partner(s): Michael Baker International
Partners:
- City of Cleveland
- Cuyahoga County
Funding:
- Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation
- Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) via Federal Highway Administration Carbon Reduction Program
- City of Cleveland
- Cuyahoga County
