Stimulus time requirements wash away 6 Boardman flood-control projects

By Denise Dick

BOARDMAN — Six stormwater projects the township hoped to complete with federal stimulus money will remain shelved.

Administrator Jason Loree said that the time frame required to receive the federal funding wasn’t long enough to ensure the projects could secure permits from the Army Corps of Engineers.

“It’s too long of a process,” Loree said of the corps’ permit steps.

Still slated for the federal dollars through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are: Boardman Lake detention basin phases one and two, Aylesboro storm sewer replacement phase two, Boardman Park stormwater detention basin, Midwood Drive detention basin and storm sewer construction, Tara Drive/Alverne Drive stormwater detention basin and Westview Drive detention basin and storm sewer.

Township officials caution though, that as the review process continues, others may also be removed because of time limitations or permit requirements.

The projects total about $3 million with half coming from the federal funds and the remainder through a 20-year Water Pollution Control Loan.

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