The four year, $200 million project was completed Friday.

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(Cleveland) - The four year $200 million Euclid Corridor Project was completed today with a ribbon cutting ceremony at East 4th Street and Euclid Avenue. The project was completed on time and on budget. After the ribbon was cut, with the help of former Browns player Kevin Mack, former Cavaliers player Campy Russell and former Indians pitcher "Large" Lenny Barker, the first "train", which is a long bus, rolled down Euclid Avenue.

The buses will run an express route between Public Square, University Circle, and East Cleveland. It will now take 20 minutes to get to University Circle from Public Square on these express buses. The project was funded through a combination of federal, state and local tax dollars.

It's hoped that the new Euclid Corridor, officially known as the Health Line, will spur economic development along Euclid Avenue now infested with vacant store fronts. The Euclid Corridor "health Line" is the first Bus Rapid Transit line funded by the federal government.

The 21 buses on the line are hybrid-electric vehicles powered by diesel fuel using 100 kilo-watt motors and 600 volt nickel hydride battery packs.

Mayor Frank Jackson was joined by Senator George Voinovich, East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer, County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, RTA General Manager Joe Calabrese and others at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

The Euclid Corridor Project included sidewalk upgrades, new traffic lights, new bus shelters and express bus lanes.

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