Trumbull County makes sewer improvements

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners have given the go-ahead for a sewer project in the Bolindale area of Howland and Weathersfield townships that will benefit 69 property owners.

The commissioners Wednesday also acknowledged completion of the first phase of a large sewer project in the Scott Street area of Newton Township that will serve 65 property owners.

The Bolindale project will serve parts of Bolin Avenue, DeForest Townline Road, Broadway Avenue, Harvey Avenue, Barder Avenue, Athens Drive, Williams Drive, Candace Street and Elizabeth Avenue.

Construction of the $1,972,158 project is expected to begin in February.

Money for the project is coming from the Ohio Public Works Commission, $650,000; a Community Development Block Grant of $790,000; Howland Township, $190,000; and an Ohio EPA/Water Pollution Control Loan Fund zero-percent loan of $342,158 to be paid back by the property owners at a rate of $20.66 per month over 20 years.

The monthly cost will be reduced if the project is completed at below that estimate, officials with the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer’s office said.

About a dozen property owners in the Scott Street project have already tied into the completed sewer, said Scott Verner, county sanitary engineer. The rest can begin using it now that the commissioners have approved the project, Verner said.

The $2,265,253 sewer serves portions of West River Road, Eckman Avenue, Railroad Street, Chestnut Street, South Canal Street, Broadway Avenue, Cleveland Avenue, Woodland Avenue and Niles Avenue.

The project was funded with an Ohio Public Works Commission grant of $980,000, a Community Development Block Grant of $790,000 and an Ohio EPA/Water Pollution Control Loan Fund zero-percent loan of $495,253. The loan will be repaid by the property owners at a cost of $31.75 per month or less — depending on the final cost — for 20 years.

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