The village of Bluffton will soon be getting a new pedestrian and bike path along Augsburger Road. The project headed by the Bluffton Lions Foundation has now secured enough funding for the $244,000 pathway. The construction part of the project is being covered by the Ohio Department of Transportation, while the Lions Club and village have contributed to outside costs. The half-mile pathway will connect to Bluffton University's nature center, the Riverbend housing subdivision, and Maple Crest Retirement Community, making a safe place for those residents and others to walk.
"We designed the overall comprehensive plan to look at the amount of foot traffic that was involved and you had people with baby carriages and individuals running, walking, cars and the roads primarily are narrow and it becomes real safety issue," Bluffton Lions Foundation President Dick Ramseyer said.
Construction is expected to start soon and they plan to have the path complete at the end of October.
