MANSFIELD — Nearly one in five traffic signals in Mansfield feature “extremely outdated vintage equipment,” according to city engineer Bob Bianchi.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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Ontario Council still weighs cannabis sales moratorium
ONTARIO — Lawmakers will discuss whether to extend the current cannabis sales moratorium indefinitely at upcoming meetings on Oct. 2 and 16.
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2 firms bid for Bellville wastewater upgrade to enhance Ohio 97/I-71 area
BELLVILLE — Two local companies submitted bids for a wastewater improvement plan designed to aid increased economic development near the Ohio 97/I-71 interchange. Those bids from Driven Excavating of Crestline and Simonson Construction of Ashland were opened Tuesday morning by the Richland County Board of Commissioners. The project was estimated at $4.2 million by Richland Engineering […]
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Third time’s the charm: Shiloh awarded $500K grant to help fund water project
Additional funding for Shiloh’s three-phase, $1.7 million water project has been awarded to the village through a state grant program.
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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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Richland County commissioners OK $753K contract for road work near Noble Road Landfill
SHILOH — Richland County commissioners on Thursday awarded a $753,136 contract to a Crestline contractor to widen and improve an 1,800-foot section of Noble Road near the landfill operated by Rumpke. The work, first discussed two years ago, will be between the older entrance to the landfill and a newer one. It’s a section of […]