Mahoning commissioners approved $1.8M repaving of Mahoning Avenue

Mahoning commissioners approved $1.8M repaving of Mahoning Avenue

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning Avenue will be repaved this summer between Meridian and Lipkey roads, including the causeway and bridge at Meander Reservoir.

The work on the $1.8 million project will start in early summer and is expected to be completed by the end of September, said Marilyn Kenner, chief deputy Mahoning County engineer.

The county commissioners approved an agreement today with the Ohio Department of Transportation to provide $1,440,000 in federal highway funds for the project.

The remainder of the money is the county’s $360,000 in local funds, which the county borrowed last fall and will repay from gasoline tax and motor vehicle registration fee income.

The most recent paving on that heavily travelled part of Mahoning Avenue was performed in the late 1990s, Kenner said. Parts of the section to be repaved this year are five lanes wide and serve a busy commercial section of Austintown.

At least one lane of traffic will be maintained in each direction while work is under way, Kenner said.

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