Hubbard City Council moves forward to resurface streets

July 21, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

By SARAH lehr

HUBBARD

Service Director Dan Livingston said the city selected six streets to resurface under its 2015 resurfacing program because the streets were “the worst of the worst.”

Beginning in mid-August, the city will resurface Caroline Avenue, between West Park Avenue and Wheeler Avenue; Stewart Avenue, between West Park and West Liberty Street; Hall Avenue, from West Liberty to Hubbard Elementary School; Elmwood Drive, between Moore Street and Jerry Drive; Oriole Drive, between Melody Lane and Meadowbrook Drive; and Clingan Avenue, between Grandview Avenue and Viola Avenue.

The project’s estimated cost is $227,357. The city initially proposed 13 streets to be resurfaced, but the estimated $356,991 cost for fixing all of them was too high, Livingston said.

Council passed legislation to accept a bid from R.T. Vernal Paving and Excavating of North Lima for the resurfacing of the six streets at Monday night’s meeting. Livingston said the resurfacing will take about a week to complete.

Additionally, Safety Director Louis Carsone announced the police department is in the process of acquiring a new police vehicle for about $35,000.

The sport utility vehicle, a 2016 Ford Explorer, should arrive around December, Carsone said. The department, which has a fleet of about a dozen cars, will sell one of its old cruisers and replace it with the new one.