Mahoning officials accepting bids for road work

YOUNGSTOWN — Just over a mile of Western Reserve Road, which was badly damaged by the harsh winter that ushered in this year, will be repaved between Hitchcock and Tippecanoe roads this year, the county engineer announced.

The work, which involves removal and replacement of asphalt, likely will be done in September and is estimated to cost about $980,000, said Patrick Ginnetti, county engineer.

The county commissioners are advertising for bids for that job. Bids will be opened at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 19 in the county purchasing office.

“The road fell apart after this past winter,” Ginnetti said.

A widening project on Western Reserve Road will take place between Hitchcock and Market Street in 2019 or 2020 at a likely cost between $6 million and $8 million, he said.

After that, in a final phase, Western Reserve Road likely will be widened between Market Street and South Avenue, he added.

That phase will be “the most-challenging and most-difficult” because the right-of-way there is narrow, and the county will have to acquire considerable additional land for the widening, Ginnetti said.

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