Mahoning commissioners award paving contract for Bailey Road

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County commissioners awarded the contract Thursday for the repaving of North Bailey Road in Jackson Township from Mahoning Avenue to the Mahoning-Trumbull County line, thereby enhancing a major economic development corridor with direct interstate highway access.

The $947,314 award to Stateline Paving LLC of North Lima was substantially below the original $1 million estimate for the job.

That project, which will repave 2.5 miles of roadway, will be 80 percent federally funded with a 20 percent state share.

That road is important for the area’s business and industry, said Commissioner Carol Rimedio-Righetti.

That section of Bailey Road has an interchange with Interstate 76 and leads to the General Motors Lordstown plant and the Lordstown Ohio Turnpike interchange.

On another matter, James Fortunato, county purchasing director, said the county hopes to complete the $6 million, two-year restoration of the 105-year-old county courthouse by Sept. 30, but, he said, meeting that target is contingent on the timely arrival of all of the custom-made pieces of terra cotta.

Read more about the projects in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.