A number of road projects in Clermont County are utilizing funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to Clermont County Engineer Patrick Manger.
In May 2009, Manger recommended that Clermont County Commissioners adopt a resolution authorizing him to execute the Local Public Authority Federal Local-Let Project Agreement between the county and the Ohio Department of Transportation for the resurfacing of various roads throughout the county.
The projects are estimated to cost $2,464,600, the maximum provided by the Federal Highway Administration.
County road projects include resurfacing, pavement markings and raised pavement markers on Wards Corner Road, Nine Mile-Tobasco Road, Merwin-Ten Mile Road, Round Bottom Road, Old State Route 74, Tealtown Road, Buckwheat Road, Loveland-Miamiville Road, Glen Este-Withamsville Road, Clough Pike and Beechwood Road.
According to Doug Royer, deputy engineer with the Clermont County Engineers Office, the projects will be completed by November 2009. He noted that 15 - 20 personnel were involved in the project.
The Ohio Department of Transportation is also utilizing funds from the ARRA within Clermont County. Projects include widening and improving state Route 276 including a bridge replacement that carries state Route 276 over Kain Run Creek. The project is expected to be complete by October 2009. The cost of the project is $405,000 and is completely funded by stimulus dollars.
The resurfacing of state Route 232 in Clermont County was begun in July 2009 and is expected to be complete by October 2010. The cost of repaving the 10 miles of roadway will be $2,231,000 with all the funding coming from ARRA money.
According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, this is the largest investment in the transportation system in state history with more than 700 roadway and bridge projects being undertaken throughout the state. This includes more than 65 additional projects - impacting highways, bridges, railroads, airports, and shipyards - which will also get underway this season, funded in-full or in-part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Stimulus funded projects are identified at the construction site. Drivers will also see special orange signs which promote Ohio's efforts of "Putting America to Work."
"The 2009 construction season will be the first of two years of historic investment in Ohio's transportation system, as we leverage state resources with federal transportation funds and stimulus dollars," said ODOT Director Jolene M. Molitoris. "As more of the stimulus-funded projects are made ready for construction both this year and next, we will put thousands of Ohioans to work maintaining and modernizing roads and bridges, building railroad, maritime, and airport infrastructure, and creating enhancement and streetscape projects."
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