State to upgrade 14 traffic lights on Midlothian

YOUNGSTOWN

The state will award a contract later this month, for an estimated $1.7 million, to either replace or upgrade 14 traffic signals on South Avenue between Midlothian Boulevard just south of Interstate 680, and on Midlothian between South and Southern Boulevard.

“The project will reduce traffic congestion in that area,” said Charles Shasho, deputy director of the city’s public-works department. “It’s to move traffic flow more efficiently on South Avenue and Midlothian. It will be a synchronized system with detectors” to determine if there are vehicles on the cross streets.

Though the state is paying the entire cost of the project, it requires the city to approve an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the work, Shasho said.

Read what else is involved in the project and its construction timeline in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.