Mahoning commissioners award paving contract for Mahoning Avenue to Portage line

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County commissioners awarded a $1.3 million contract for the repaving of a seven-mile, two-lane section of Mahoning Avenue from Rosemont Road in North Jackson to the Portage County line.

The commissioners today awarded the pact to the Shelly Co. of Thornville, Ohio.

Federal highway funds will pay 80 percent of the cost, and an Ohio Public Works Commission loan will pay the remaining 20 percent.

The work largely will be performed this fall, but, because of required minimum-air temperatures for applying asphalt, it will likely need to be completed next spring, said Marilyn Kenner, chief deputy county engineer.

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