BOARDMAN
Township trustees, like many area government officials, are dealing with rising costs of petroleum-based products and paying more for paving this year than originally planned.
Trustees unanimously awarded the 2012 highway resurfacing program contract to Shelly Co. of Twinsburg, which submitted the lowest milling rate, $6,500 per day, of the five companies that bid.
The total contract is for $363,703.74 to resurface all or portions of 14 roads or a total 3.7 miles. The township maintains 144.06 miles of road.
Trustees budgeted $300,000 for paving but said they didn’t want to wait and fall behind on repairs, especially because paving costs are expected to keep rising, said Administrator Jason Loree.
“We can’t go backwards on our street,” Loree said.
Road Superintendent Larry Wilson said he would like to do more, but the costs are too high and the money isn’t available.
Last year, the township spent $212,011.44 to pave all or portions of 10 miles of road. In 2005, the township paid less than the 2012 contract and worked on double the number of roads — $358,431.67 for 28 roads.
About five years ago, the road department estimated that it would take $4.8 million to make all needed repairs to township roads. Wilson said he’s sure that cost has ballooned since then.
This year, the township will pave all of Devonshire, Midgewood and Brainard drives, Friendship Avenue, Orlo Lane and Southwoods Place.
It will pave portions of Buena Vista Avenue, Midlothian Boulevard and Halbert, Appleridge, Presidential, Angiline, Cathy Ann and Silver Fox drives.
Comments
We will all be walking soon anyway...
I thought Midlothian was State Route 625??
It used to be SR625. Now it is SR170.
OK, so why is Boardman paving a state route?
I've traveled a lot over the years on business. There are no roads nearly as bad as the greater Ytown area. The whole place needs repaved.
You would think with all the money that was saved on overtime with plowing roads and salt this past winter, there would be more to spend on road improvements. Driving on Southern Blvd. is like driving on a washboard.
Exactly, where did all the money go that was just saved on last year's warm weather?
We must lay off all the teachers , fireman , policeman , Stop all their pensions and benefit's . We need roads . Cut all their pay, make all the schools private.
OH wait,,, did I beat the GOP/TEA types on this one Sorryyyy , But I;m sure I left something out . OH OH YES the unions .
OH OH OH I forgot The trustees it is also their fault . Vote them out
NO NO that's not all !!!!! it was also GM and what their did to the guys who had worked for them for 15 years .
It would be easier to make a list of roads that are not too rough. It would be a very short list. I have lived in Boardman my whole life-60 yrs., The roads are worse this yr than I can ever remember. RXR Crossings on Southern are bad at Indianola Road, Maple and 2 more. A couple are ok. Also, I thought I saw that Glenwood Ave., between Ewing Rd. and Southwoods was to be paved . It sure needs it-carries plenty of traffic daily.IMHO