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 […]
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Century-old culvert replaced in downtown Mansfield with $4.2 million project
MANSFIELD — New blacktop covers the important part of a $4.2 million public works project recently completed on East Third Street in downtown Mansfield. The year-long effort replaced or rehabilitated about 1,700 feet of failing, century-old box culvert from just east of the city’s Central Fire Station at 140 E. Third St. and runs east […]
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Mansfield reinventing its heart: $16.5 million Main Street project just the start, says mayor
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry said Tuesday night a planned $16.5 million Main Street Corridor Improvement Project is just the start for Mansfield. “I think this project has opened certainly my eyes, but a lot of other people’s eyes, too, about what Mansfield can do when we get outside of the box where we think […]
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Adena Corp. awarded $1.25 million contract for Trimble Road tunnel project
MANSFIELD — Adena Corp. on Tuesday was awarded a $1,255,636 contract for a tunnel project beneath Trimble Road that will allow bicyclists and pedestrians to safely cross beneath the busy street when an accompanying planned B&O Bike Trail connector project is complete. The Mansfield Board of Control awarded the contract to Adena, a Mansfield company, […]
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When sands of time meet streets of Mansfield: Unraveling the Sturges sinkhole
MANSFIELD — Like sands through an hourglass, so are the days of our sinkhole. With apologies to actor Macdonald Carey, who voiced the intro to the “Days of Our Lives” popular daytime soap opera on NBC from 1965 to 2022, a similar flowing of sand likely led to a sinkhole that developed on Sturges Avenue […]
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City of Mansfield to start replacing small, aging water mains in 2025, says Bianchi
MANSFIELD — A voter-approved Mansfield water main initiative will begin putting new pipes in the ground in 2025. City Council on Tuesday evening approved the administration’s request to enter into a contract for engineering services related to a water main replacement program. The work will be funded by a four-year, 0.25-percent municipal income tax city […]
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Single point of access allowed for new auto parts store along Lexington Avenue
MANSFIELD — O’Reilly Auto Parts plans a new store along a heavily traveled section of Lexington Avenue, just south of the Kroger store. City engineer Bob Bianchi and Mansfield City Council went on the record Tuesday night to help protect motorists as lawmakers approved a resolution to ensure the road into the new store will […]
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How can Ohio 13 on Mansfield’s north side be improved? New study is planned
MANSFIELD — Construction on the nearly $15 million Main Street Corridor Improvement project in Mansfield won’t begin until 2025. But planning for that project — including obtaining $12.7 million in outside grant funding — began seven years ago. That’s why city engineer Bob Bianchi obtained City Council approval Tuesday night to launch a year-long study […]
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Fender-bender repair leads to Mansfield Fire Dept. engine pump replacement
MANSFIELD — A damaged fender on a Mansfield Fire Department engine has led to a costly pump replacement and a change in vehicle repair policy. The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday approved a $41,822 payment to Atlantic Emergency Solutions from Findlay to replace a pump and several valves on Engine 2. The equipment was […]