Trumbull County prepares list of public-works stimulus projects

By Ed Runyan

WARREN — If and when President Barack Obama makes good on his pledge to jump start the U.S. economy by authorizing billions in public works projects, Trumbull County will be ready.

The Trumbull County Planning Commission recently received from its staff a list of 10 projects that meet the guidelines for stimulus funding: Engineering is complete, so construction could start within 90 days of Obama’s taking office Jan. 20.

Trish Nuskievicz, assistant planning director for Trumbull County, said the county has an unusually large number of projects that have been engineered — more than $22 million worth — so it is in a good position to get projects funded.

Among the top projects are four phases of the Little Squaw Creek Interceptor Project, which would provide sewers along state Route 193 in Liberty and Vienna townships.

The sewer line will begin at the Tibbetts-Wick Road intersection and travel north, providing more than five miles worth of sewer lines at a cost of around $8 million.

Read details on more of the projects Monday in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com.