MANSFIELD — Mansfield lawmakers on Tuesday authorized the administration to seek bids for a $2 million, 5.7 mile repaving project this year on the city’s north side.
City engineer Bob Bianchi said the Ohio Department of Transportation will provide $1.25 million for the project. The city will pay the remaining $750,000 from a combination of permissive sales tax, street funds, water funds and sewer funds.
The project will resurface Ohio 13 from Timmerman Road to Diamond Street and also Diamond Street from Main Street to Fifth Street.
The work is scheduled to begin in August and take about four months to complete.
The project was originally priced in 2025 at $2.7 million. Bianchi said modifications to the project helped to lower the price, including the city’s portion.
Traffic will be maintained in both directions during the project using flagged traffic control.
Lawmakers didn’t have questions for Bianchi on the project during a streets committee meeting
Councilwoman At-large Shari Robertson thanked him for his efforts.
“I just appreciate what you do to get these grants for this funding for the streets because we clearly cannot afford to do that (alone),” Robertson said.
City Council on Tuesday also:
— approved spending $1,156,948 to buy a Pierce Impel Fire Engine for the Mansfield Fire Department. It will take an estimated 890 days to get delivery of the truck. Lawmakers also heard the MFD recently received a new rescue squad ordered almost three years ago.
— approved a request to vacatea portion of Stocking Alley between Charles Street and Louis Street. The request was made by Connecting Kids Inside Out, 328 Charles St.
— approved seeking bids of up to $200,000 for water repair parts for the water repair department, including pipes, fittings, couplings, clamps, etc.
— heard Public Works Director Louis Andres report that 24 city snowplow drivers completed an ODOT training course on Tuesday.
“One of the priorities for this administration was to increase training for our supervisors and frontline people. I know it’s a little bit late, but this (trainer) is high demand, so we had to get him when we could get him,” Andres said.
“Two of our Clear Fork (law enforcement) officers will go through ODNR watercraft training next week. That’s going to help with enforcement out on Clear Fork Lake with our water patrol.”