New Road paving in Austintown to begin Monday

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County commissioners today awarded a $316,948 contract to Shelly & Sands Inc. of Akron for repaving of a heavily traveled, nearly two-mile section of New Road between state Route 46 and Meridian Road in Austintown.

Marilyn Kenner, chief deputy county engineer, said the work is scheduled to begin Monday, weather permitting, and be completed in 30 days on the road, which was last paved more than 10 years ago.

The job is being funded entirely with gasoline tax and license plate revenues received by the county engineer’s office, Kenner said. Two inches of asphalt will be milled out and replaced with two inches of asphalt.

In other business, John A. McNally, chairman of the commissioners, said the auto title department is scheduled to move from the South Side Annex on Market Street to Oakhill Renaissance Place over the three-day Columbus Day weekend.

To facilitate the move, the title department plans to close at noon Oct. 5 at the annex and reopen at 8 a.m. Oct. 9 inside Oakhill’s entrance A. A notice was being prepared this morning to inform local motor vehicle and boat dealers of the move.

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