Trumbull County readies Lakeshore sewer project

WARREN — Ground could be broken within a couple weeks on the controversial Lakeshore sanitary sewer project on the west shore of Mosquito Lake, even though one of four contracts will have to be re-bid.

Trumbull County commissioners are expected to award contracts totaling $837,531 today for the Bazetta Township project’s sewer lines, force main, pump station and electrical work.

The project has been long anticipated by Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, county health department and other officials because waste from the neighborhood’s failing septic systems flows into Mosquito Lake, the source of Warren’s public water.

Commissioners are expected to award the contracts to JCM Contracting Inc. of Columbiana ($509,398); Kirilla Contractors Inc., of Brookfield ($188,535); and B&J Electric of North Lima ($139,598).

Commissioners are also expected to reject the bids offered for the upgrade to the Sterling Drive wastewater treatment plant because they were more than 10 percent above the $316,035 estimate provided by Youngstown engineering company ES&C International.

For more, see Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com