MANSFIELD — Nearly one in five traffic signals in Mansfield feature “extremely outdated vintage equipment,” according to city engineer Bob Bianchi. He hopes to replace three of the busiest ones with a $975,000 signalization project that would include a $425,000 Ohio Public Works Commission grant. Bianchi said the city has 105 signalized intersections — 19 […]
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Mansfield Municipal Building set for $3.5 million renovation starting this fall
MANSFIELD — Work is expected to begin in late September on a $3.5 million, year-long project to improve the Mansfield Municipal Building. The work will be paid for by a portion of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act funds, a project approved by City Council more than two years ago. Then-Mayor Tim Theaker said in […]
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Open Source: What is the deal with the Trimble Road bridge? It’s still terrible
Question: What is the deal with the Trimble Road bridge? It’s still terrible to drive across. I thought it was going to be fixed when the city paved in that area. MANSFIELD — A planned temporary fix to the Trimble Road bridge over U.S. 30 won’t work as planned, so a longer-term solution is in […]
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Main Street transformation: Mansfield City Council OKs final parts of $17 million improvement project
MANSFIELD — A Main Street road to improvement that began six years ago in Austin, Texas, cleared its last legislative hurdle at Mansfield City Council on Tuesday night. The conception of a $17 million Main Street Corridor Improvement Plan began in 2018 during the annual South by Southwest conference, attended by a group of 15 […]
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Open Source: Trimble Road to close for 45 days for B&O Trail connector tunnel
OPEN SOURCE — We published this story in response to a reader comment and question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. “Will Trimble Road close at the same time the Home Road/Lexington-Springmill Road intersection is closed? If so, what would […]
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Clock ticking for $3.5 million in ARPA-funded projects at Mansfield Municipal Building
MANSFIELD — The clock is ticking on about $3.5 million in planned improvements to the Mansfield Municipal Building. Literally. The work will be funded through American Rescue Plan Act funds, a request from former Mayor Tim Theaker that City Council approved more than two years ago. Money funded by ARPA must be appropriated by the […]
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Sterkel Community Park for All: Dream moving closer to fruition in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Michele Giess admitted Wednesday that her initial pitch about the Sterkel Community Park for All is a distant memory. But at least partial success is clearly in sight for the superintendent of Richland Newhope on the 20-acre, all-inclusive park and playground at the city park off Hillcrest Street. “That feels like a long […]
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Headed to North Lake Park in Mansfield? Use Rowland Avenue for next 2 months
MANSFIELD — If you want to visit North Lake Park in the next couple of months, plan on entering via Rowland Avenue. Other access roads into the 20-acre park will be closed, likely through the end of July, during an $854,940 project to replace a double-box bridge on the park’s west side. That work began […]
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Open Source: When will the Trimble Road bridge over U.S. 30 be fixed in Mansfield?
OPEN SOURCE — We published this story in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. “They should be fixing the bridge on Trimble Road at the U.S. 30 overpass. Every time you cross it there is […]
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Mansfield awarded $639K state grant to upgrade signals at Trimble Road, PAW
MANSFIELD — One of the most accident-prone street intersections in Mansfield will receive a $770,000 traffic signal upgrade, 83 percent of which will be paid for through a state grant. The project at the busy intersection of Trimble Road and Park Avenue West will be done over the next two to three years, according to […]