Lake Erie

On Monday, the city of Cleveland presented the latest draft of its plans for the North Coast Lakefront project. Plans will be finalized in January.

Cleveland has narrowed its options to a land bridge with either a diagonal or North-to-South alignment with the Shoreway below staying the same or being converted to a reduced-speed boulevard.

The Cleveland Water Alliance is deploying 40 smart buoys on the lake from Toledo to Ashtabula, and on inland rivers and streams, generate real-time data covering 6,000 square miles of the Lake Erie watershed.

The funding would support conservation efforts in the Chagrin River Floodplain, reduce single-use plastics and introduce students to new trash-cleanup technology.

The Great Lakes hold the bulk of the nation’s freshwater resources even as areas to the west become more arid.

Lake Erie doesn’t have any ice right now, and it hasn’t for much of the winter. It’s part of a 50-year trend of declining ice cover.

Additional funding and conservation practices are necessary to reduce phosphorus by 40% by 2025, according to a study by the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Ohio Environmental Council.

The Cleveland Water Alliance announced the launch of the Freshwater Innovation Fund in an effort to promote new water technology in the city to establish the city as a hub for innovative water projects.

Climate change is impacting water resources in both the western states and the Great Lakes region.

Cleveland residents met with Mayor Justin Bibb Thursday to discuss options for the North Coast Connector Project and ways to improve access to the city’s lakefront.