Financial reps to meet with homeowners

The county sewer work is a 270-day, $950,000 project.

By VIRGINIA ROSS

VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT

NORTH LIMA — Residents affected by the Woodworth sewer project are invited to attend a special meeting Tuesday night at the Beaver Township Administration Office.

Financial representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, along with state and county officials and local financial institutions, will be on hand to discuss low-interest loans and financial aid that might be available to help some residents pay their hook-up costs.

The meeting is to start at 7 p.m.

Meanwhile, work crews were out last week inspecting the sewer-line work done in the Woodworth area.

Dave Sugar, contractor for the project, said his team is addressing concerns residents have about the work, including cleanup around their properties that is needed to complete the project.

“This type of inspection of the work is typically part of the process,” he said. “There have been some issues that have been brought to us that we are addressing now.”

After the bidding process earlier this year, Sugar was awarded the contract through the Mahoning County Sanitary Engineer’s Office. It is a 270-day, $950,000 project.

Sinking concerns

Township officials said they informed Sugar and county officials that residents are concerned about sinking problems, ditches and blacktop issues along the new sewer lines.

John Stear, township road superintendent, said that after recent heavy rains several areas of the road sank and residents were unable to get in and out of their driveways.

“Dave knows we’re not satisfied,” he said. “But we’re working on that.”

The Woodworth sewer project has involved installing sewer line with manholes along the east side of Harvard Boulevard to provide public service to up to 100 residences, with ties-ins on the west side of the railroad tracks in that area.

The project is nearly completed, Sugar said, adding that work along Woodworth Road, also part of the project, cannot be done until he receives the OK from the Ohio Department of Transportation, because Woodworth is a state road.