Sound barrier sought for Austintown neighborhood

Staff report

AUSTINTOWN

Township officials have applied for state money to keep a natural sound barrier in a neighborhood.

Trustees recently authorized zoning inspector Darren Crivelli to sign and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Clean Ohio Fund Green Space Conservation Program.

“This is just part of our effort to maintain the integrity of our neighborhoods,” Crivelli said.

The $18,000 grant, including local funding of $4,500, is for about 3 acres at North Four Mile Run Road and Oakwood Avenue.

“It’s an undeveloped, a-little-under-three-acre area, and there’s quite a few homes, 10 to 15, on North Navarre Road that have this property in the rear of their yard,” Crivelli said. “This would serve as a nice buffer between the property owners on North Navarre and North Wickliffe from the industrial corridor that’s on the east side of North Four Mile Run.

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