Bridge deck work on Route 224 delayed, requires more permits

It's already a headache to travel along busy U.S. Route 224, but construction projects in two areas are slowing traffic even more.

Route 224 westbound at Mill Creek remains down to one lane even though work has halted on a project to replace the bridge deck on the span over Mill Creek. It’s an $800,000 project.

Kristen Erickson, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Transportation District 4, said that as the contractor A.P. O’Horo, Youngstown, worked to replace the bridge deck, it found posts that support it were more deteriorated than initially believed.

That required additional work and because the posts are in the water, environmental permits must be secured to complete the work. That requires paperwork.

“It’s on hold at this point,” Erickson said.

Work on the project stopped May 15 and the spokeswoman said ODOT hopes it can resume within the week.

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