Austintown gets grant for $179K flood-control project

Austintown gets grant for $179K flood-control project

By Elise Franco

efranco@vindy.com

Austintown

Plans for additional storm water lines should alleviate flooding issues in a portion of the township, said Administrator Michael Dockry.

Dockry said Austintown received a $150,000 grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission that will help fund the $179,000 project. The township is responsible for the remaining $29,000.

Dockry said additional storm lines will be installed under the street along Pinecrest Avenue.

“The problem in this area is that water is basically coming in from the sanitary system, but it’s storm water,” he said. “The drain is in the middle of the roadway, which causes pooling in the middle of the street.”

Dockry said the new lines will act as a type of underground detention system.

“The lines, as well as additional catch basins, will alleviate water from pooling in the road,” he said.

He said the project, which the township plans to bid out in late 2012, will also include replacing the outlet pipe that runs from South Inglewood Avenue to a culvert under state Route 11.

Trustee David Ditzler said over the past 15 years the township has procured about $4 million in grant funding for flood alleviation projects.

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