Commissioners award contracts for county engineer’s department projects

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County commissioners awarded this morning a series of contracts for county engineer’s department projects.

They approved a $218,566 agreement with Glaus, Pyle, Schomer, Burns & DeHaven Inc. of Akron for construction management of the county’s bridge painting and rehabilitation project.

The commissioners had awarded last month a $2,026,000 contract to APBN Inc. of Campbell to perform that bridge work this year.

The bridges to be painted are the Market Street Bridge over the Mahoning River and the Powersway Bridge over Pine Hollow, both in Youngstown, the Lowellville Road Bridge over Yellow Creek in Struthers, the Mahoning Avenue Bridge in Milton Township, the Bedell Road Bridge in Berlin Township and the Lake Park Boulevard Bridge in Smith Township.

APBN will sandblast away rust and old paint before applying primer and new paint to the bridges.

All the bridges and any roads under them will be open to traffic during the painting.

Eighty percent of the project is federally funded and 20 percent comes from local gasoline tax and license plate fee revenues.

The commissioners also approved contracts of $1,000 with Bowman Appraisal Services Inc. of Alliance for right-of-way appraisals and $8,100 with ms consultants inc. of Youngstown for right-of-way acquisition for next year’s replacement of the Division Street bridge over the Mahoning River in Youngstown.

The commissioners also awarded a $243,475 countywide guardrail replacement project to Lake Erie Construction Co. of Norwalk, Ohio. The guardrail project is funded 100 percent by federal monies.

The commissioners also agreed to close Kennedy Road between Quarry Road and the Lowellville village line, July 16 to 19, for the 119th annual Mount Carmel Celebration.