NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — Eighty miles from Huntington Bank Field, there’s plenty of chatter about a Cleveland Browns’ move to the suburbs.

On Wednesday, representatives for Brook Park and Haslam Sports Group traveled to Tuscarawas County to make their case for $70.3 million in state money for upgraded roads, revamped freeway ramps and other public infrastructure improvements around the future stadium site.

They presented the project to the Transportation Review Advisory Council, which works with the Ohio Department of Transportation to award competitive state funding for large projects that reduce congestion or boost capacity. Brook Park’s proposal is one of 27 projects vying for money in the current round.

The TRAC has $150 million to award next spring – and is vetting applications for

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