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By Bill Lilley
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 08:00 p.m. EST, Nov 06, 2009
GREEN: The city plans to begin work on its next major road project by early next year.
Mayor Dick Norton said the Arlington Road project is almost ready to take off.
The city is taking bids for the project, which will extend from Interstate 77 to September Road, about a quarter-mile south of state Route 619.
''We hope to award the contract the first of the year,'' the mayor said, ''and begin construction in February or March.''
The project is expected to cost about $7.5 million, with $2 million in federal stimulus funds, $4.9 million in other federal funds and $600,000 from Green.
City Engineer Paul Pickett said that while the recently completed roundabout project took 58 days to complete, the Arlington Road work will take longer.
''It's going to take about two years,'' he said. ''It's going to be disruptive.
''We'll keep people in the loop. We'll communicate with the homeowners and businesses on Arlington Road.''
Pickett said the project should help alleviate congestion on a major road that serves multiple communities.
''We'll be adding lanes so that there will be two through lanes both north and south,'' Pickett said. ''And there will be important changes at the intersection at state Route 619, which has a high accident rate.''
Pickett said another project, resurfacing major portions of Massillon Road that were last resurfaced in 1994, will be done with help from the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Another major project that is in the planning stage is to alter the intersection at Lauby and Greensburg roads, just north of Akron-Canton Airport. The project would include widening Lauby Road.
''A roundabout is the preferred alternative, especially after seeing how well the roundabout on Massillon Road has worked,'' Pickett said. ''The construction date may be 2011, but we don't know for sure.''
Bill Lilley can be reached at 330-996-3811 or blilley@thebeaconjournal.com.
GREEN: The city plans to begin work on its next major road project by early next year.
Mayor Dick Norton said the Arlington Road project is almost ready to take off.
The city is taking bids for the project, which will extend from Interstate 77 to September Road, about a quarter-mile south of state Route 619.
''We hope to award the contract the first of the year,'' the mayor said, ''and begin construction in February or March.''
The project is expected to cost about $7.5 million, with $2 million in federal stimulus funds, $4.9 million in other federal funds and $600,000 from Green.
City Engineer Paul Pickett said that while the recently completed roundabout project took 58 days to complete, the Arlington Road work will take longer.
''It's going to take about two years,'' he said. ''It's going to be disruptive.
''We'll keep people in the loop. We'll communicate with the homeowners and businesses on Arlington Road.''
Pickett said the project should help alleviate congestion on a major road that serves multiple communities.
''We'll be adding lanes so that there will be two through lanes both north and south,'' Pickett said. ''And there will be important changes at the intersection at state Route 619, which has a high accident rate.''
Pickett said another project, resurfacing major portions of Massillon Road that were last resurfaced in 1994, will be done with help from the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Another major project that is in the planning stage is to alter the intersection at Lauby and Greensburg roads, just north of Akron-Canton Airport. The project would include widening Lauby Road.
''A roundabout is the preferred alternative, especially after seeing how well the roundabout on Massillon Road has worked,'' Pickett said. ''The construction date may be 2011, but we don't know for sure.''
Bill Lilley can be reached at 330-996-3811 or blilley@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Akron, Oh
Posted 07:44 PM, 11/07/2009
Kudos to the Ohio Edison crews out there working right now. I sat and watched them for awhile..Amazing what they do, and how safe it seems they do it..Work has already began on this project...good luck to all...
