The government agency that oversees the Dike 14 Nature Preserve passed on a chance to pick up a $1 million grant to create trails, remove invasive plants and prepare the 88-acre site for public access.
In a letter explaining the decision, a lawyer for the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority called it premature to pursue a Clean Ohio grant separately from the city's sweeping lakefront redevelopment plans and the proposed $500 million port relocation project.
Put on your chin strap to read this (your jaw will drop from incredulity).
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority passes on grant for Dike 14 preservation [1] by James F. McCarty, Plain Dealer
These guys are really a bit drunk with power wouldn't you say? Did we not spend countless hours in public meetings on lakefront planning only to have these guys come in and screw up the entire thing? Ed Hauser is spinning in his grave today.
Links:
[1] http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/10/port_authority_passes_on_grant.html