MANSFIELD — Please take 5-10 minutes to fill out the Regional Transportation Public Input Survey. Your feedback and input is valuable and important. This survey will help identify the transportation needs and barriers you face every day within your county and across county lines. You can also find the survey on the Richland County Regional […]
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Adena Corp. secures $1.9 million deal to connect B&O Trail to Trimble Road
MANSFIELD — Adena Corp. of Mansfield on Tuesday was awarded a $1.9 million contract to construct a 1.1-mile, multi-use path connecting the B&O Trail to Trimble Road. The city Board of Control made the award during a meeting with city engineer Bob Bianchi, who reviewed nine bids submitted for the project. Adena had the third-best […]
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Mansfield to spend $510,271 in transition to Oracle financial software
MANSFIELD — Finance Director Kelly Blankenship recognized the City of Mansfield’s financial software system when she took office 11 months ago. That’s because it’s largely the same system the city was using when she left that office in 2011. That will change with the City Council decision on Tuesday night to spend $510,271 over the […]
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Mansfield hopes for grant to help fund $975,000 traffic signal replacement project
MANSFIELD — Nearly one in five traffic signals in Mansfield feature “extremely outdated vintage equipment,” according to city engineer Bob Bianchi.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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Preliminary work starts on $21 million rehabilitation of Ohio 13 in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Call it the autumn rain before the spring construction storm. Preliminary work has begun on a 3.4-mile, four-lane stretch of Ohio 13 that will be completely resurfaced over the next two years in a $21.2 million Ohio Department of Transportation project. Workers with Kokosing Construction are working to install driving lanes on what […]
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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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Traffic study could lead to roundabout at Middle Bellville, Orchard Park intersection
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Richland County commissioners on Tuesday approved a traffic study that could one day lead to a roundabout at the intersection of Middle Bellville and Orchard Park roads. Commissioners approved county Engineer Adam Gove’s request for a $12,975 contract with EMH&T from Columbus to do a five-year study of accidents at the intersection […]
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Bucyrus man killed in Friday morning two-vehicle crash in Seneca County
SENECA COUNTY — A 56-year-old Bucyrus man was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Friday morning in Seneca County, according to the Norwalk Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. John P. Lunsford died in the crash at 5:40 a.m. on Ohio 53 near County Road 38 in Pleasant Township in Seneca County, north of […]
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Shelby aiming to enhance safety for kids who walk, bike to school
Shelby City Schools will receive consultant assistance from ODOT to help develop a school travel plan for three of the district’s schools.
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Public input sought on $4.6 million roundabout at Lexington-Springmill, Home roads
LEXINGTON — Construction of a proposed $4.6 million roundabout at the intersection of Lexington-Springmill Road and Home Road is still almost two years away. But plans have progressed to the point that county and state officials are seeking public input on the project in Troy Township, which will include relocating the B&O Trail in the […]