Feds to fund $1.5M Five Points roundabout

POLAND — The federal government will fund in full the construction of a roundabout at Five Points, which is the intersection of Western Reserve, North Lima and Springfield roads on the Poland-Springfield township border.

The announcement was made by Patrick Ginnetti, Mahoning County engineer.

“We were told that we are the number one project, and we are receiving funding,” Ginnetti told the county commissioners Thursday.

Funding for the $1.5 million project was confirmed in a letter the engineer’s office received Friday from the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments.

Roundabout design will start this year; right of way for it will be acquired next year; and construction will be in 2017, Ginnetti said.

The project goal is to improve traffic flow and safety in the intersection; and funding for it is coming from monies dedicated to reduction of traffic congestion and air pollution from idling vehicles.