UPDATE: Avery & Rings Roundabout Construction To Finally Begin
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- Created: 04 February 2025
A bit of traffic relief is finally coming as construction of the long discussed roundabout at the intersection of Avery, Rings and Cara began on February 10th. This start to the project required the full closure of Rings Road (East) to Norn Street for a little over a week to begin installation of sanitary sewer lines and manholes.
As the project ramps up, Rings Road will be CLOSED between Avery Road and Pensworthy Drive for approximately 5 months. Dates for the closure are to be determined. The construction will include storm and sanitary sewer installation on the east side of Avery Road, along Cara Road and Cara Court. Curbs and gutters will also be built along those streets. 60% of the roundabout will be built on the west side of Avery Road.
As the project continues, Avery Road will then also be CLOSED to through traffic for approximately 2 months as the east side of the roundabout is built. The intersection of Avery, Rings and Cara will be closed to through traffic but access to homes and Ted Kaltenbach Park will be maintained. Detours will be posted, most likely diverting traffic to Cosgray to travel north and south. The decision to allow total closure of Avery and Rings shortens total construction time by about 6 months and saves the City $300,000. Whether cut-through traffic on Stockton Way and Cramer's Crossing Drive occurs as drivers seek a quick way of getting around the closure, we will have to wait and see.
The $6.2 million roundabout project is scheduled to be substantially complete by the end of October 2025. Also included in the project are new sidewalks, a shared use path, a pedestrian bridge and street lighting. This roundabout is considered an Interim Intersection Improvement project since the widening of Avery Road (and the Tuttle Crossing Blvd. extension) will not be happening in the near future. According to Paul Hammersmith, City of Dublin Director of Engineering, "the extension is not currently programmed in Dublin’s 5-Year Capital Improvements Program (CIP). The CIP is evaluated and updated annually and the (Tuttle) extension is always discussed as part of that update. Given the cost of the extension, the City of Dublin desires to have other agencies participate in funding the extension considering its regional benefit to the surrounding transportation network."
Once the roundabout is completed there will finally be a safer way to make a turn to travel north on Avery Road, especially during busy times. The narrow and overloaded Avery Road however, will not be getting any relief for the forseeable future-- as Columbus and Hilliard allow more commercial and apartment development to our south along Riggins Road.
NEW: The Resident Letter from the City of Dublin which outlines the entire project can be found here.
Click HERE to see the project memo and resolution approved by Dublin City Council on January 13, 2025. Complete project information can be found HERE.
Your 2025 CCHOA Board of Directors
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- Created: 21 November 2024
At the Annual Meeting of Members, held November 4, 2024, the CCHOA Board of Directors for 2025 was elected. To view the names and contact information for the Board, homeowners must first log in, then click on BOARD OF DIRECTORS in the Homeowner Quick Links on the right side of the page. Minutes for this year's Annual Meeting of Members are posted in the HOMEOWNER DOCUMENT LIBRARY.
Clear Clamshell Packaging is Now Recyclable
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- Created: 17 October 2024
Beginning November 2, 2024, Rumpke Waste and Recycling will accept clear plastic clamshell containers for recycling. This includes clear plastic carry-out containers, clear plastic fruit, berry and lettuce containers and clear plastic egg containers. These items can now be placed in your blue Dublin recycling bin.
According to a Rumpke press release, the installation of 19 optic scanners, along with artificial intelligence, allows Rumpke to identify and sort plastic clamshells from other types of plastics within the recycling stream. After processing, Rumpke will bale the clamshell containers and ship them to a partner manufacturer that will recycle them into plastic pellets for use in the production of a variety of new plastic products.
For an up-do-date Rumpke Recycling Flyer click HERE.
Avery & Rings Roundabout Construction Planned for Late 2024
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- Created: 23 August 2023
While it’s not the long-promised widening of Avery Road or the extension of Tuttle Crossing Blvd., a roundabout will be built at the Avery Road/Rings Road/Cara Drive intersection to improve traffic flow in the area. The project should begin in late 2024 and continue into 2025, according to Dublin officials.
The increasing traffic on Avery Road, brought on by the construction of large apartment communities and commercial properties in Columbus and Hilliard to our south, has made exiting our subdivision via Cramer’s Crossing Drive a challenge. Plans have also been announced for a McDonald's location to be built in 2024 on Riggins Road, adding to the traffic congestion. (UPDATE: The McDonald's location opened in mid 2024). Once the project is complete, residents can then use the Rings Road exit to access the new roundabout at Avery.
The original road improvement plan, developed by Dublin, Columbus, and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, called for completing Tuttle Crossing Blvd from Wilcox Road westward to Avery Road and the widening of Avery Road to connect with the Tuttle Crossing extension.
This project, estimated to cost $15.55 million, no longer has full funding and is not on the current construction schedule. The Tuttle Crossing project “remains a priority for the city and the region,” said Megan O’Callaghan, Dublin City Manager, “but despite financial commitments from the Cities of Dublin and Columbus and private developers, there remains a funding gap. The Dublin Engineering staff is continuing to seek additional options to help identify funding sources for the project.” Dublin officials consider the roundabout project to be an “interim” solution to help address some of the Avery Road traffic problems. To view the roundabout plan click here.
The 2-lane section of Avery Road, from just north of Hayden Run Road to Lexi Lane/Castlefinn Drive is located in the City of Columbus and is tentatively scheduled for widening beginning in the fall of 2025 with project completion in late 2028, dependent on funding by Columbus City Council. That project will include a roundabout at Avondale Woods Blvd. and a traffic signal at Lexi and Castlefinn--UPDATE: The City of Columbus installed this traffic signal in November 2023 and placed it in service in December 2023.
Dublin officials report the Avery/Rings/Cara roundabout project has taken longer to develop than anticipated, but great progress has been made this year with design nearing completion and right-of-way acquisition well under way. Once that is complete utilities will be relocated and then the project will be put out for bids.
Reminder Concerning Mailbox Replacement
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- Created: 24 July 2017
Should either your mailbox or the post supporting it need replaced, our Deed of Restrictions requires that homeowners use an approved replacement that matches the style and appearance of existing mailboxes. The approved mailbox is the Saxony (Model CMO-2) and the approved post is the Williamsburg (Model CMO-2), available from Cedar Craft Products, 776 Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road, Box 9, Blacklick, Ohio 43004. The company can be contacted by phone at 614-759-1600, or visit their web site at cedar-craft.com. Be sure to confirm with a store associate that you are purchasing the correct models. Images of the approved mailbox and post can be seen by clicking on CCHOA Fact File at the top of this page, then click on item 9, MAILBOXES.
Important note: The information contained in the Cramer's Crossing Deed of Restrictions has the WRONG model number listed for the required mailbox in our community. Please update your copy of the document with the correct mailbox model number CMO-2 (CMO-5 is incorrect). The drawing shown in Exhibit B is also showing the incorrect mailbox model, so that image should be disregarded.
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