Project to fix Youngstown streets, replace traffic signals to start next month

YOUNGSTOWN — Sections of four city streets — including Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, a road that is nearly undrivable — will be repaved while traffic signal equipment at four intersections is replaced under a project that should start in late April.

City officials today opened up proposals from seven companies for the work. The city had estimated the cost for the work at $1,043,729.

Five of the seven proposals were less than the estimate.

The apparent low proposal of $954,860 came from Shelly & Sands Inc. of Akron. The next apparent lowest proposal of $959,903 was from Karvo Paving of Stow. City officials need to check the math of the proposals before a contract can be offered, said Charles Shasho, deputy director of public works.

But that shouldn’t take long, and work should begin in late April and take 75 days to complete, he said.

The state will provide $577,157 toward the project.

Also, the project will upgrade traffic signal lights, poles and other equipment at four intersections.

They are: Market Street and Woodland Avenue, Market Street and Indianola Avenue, Canfield Road and Arden Boulevard, and Schenley Avenue and McCollum Road.

The city also plans to spend about $1.3 million on repaving neighborhood roads this summer. Proposals for that work are due May 11.

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