Brier Hill residents ask for neighborhood clean-up before corridor project

YOUNGSTOWN

An ambitious plan to redevelop the U.S. Route 422 corridor includes increased industrial areas, increased lighting, medians, sidewalks, bike paths and improvements to neighborhoods, including landscaping with particular types of flowers.

However, a number of people at a tonight’s public meeting had a simple request.

“They need to clean up the area before doing anything else,” said Daryl Harvey, who lives in the Brier Hill neighborhood off 422. “We need to take care of that.”

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and the Trumbull County Planning Commission are spearheading an effort to redevelop the corridor.

They hired Interface Studio, a Philadelphia-based urban design and planning firm, for $150,000 to develop a plan for the portion of the corridor that encompasses 3,500 acres, 220 businesses and 8,500 residents. It's bounded on the north by Liberty Street in Girard, on the east by state Route 193 [Belmont Avenue] in Liberty, on the south by state Route 711 in Youngstown and on the west by Meridian Road, also in Youngstown.

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