Street improvements around YSU may cause motorist hassles

YOUNGSTOWN

Improvement projects to two streets surrounding Youngstown State University will bolster gateways to the campus in appearance and safety.

City officials are set to open bids today for a roughly $1.6 million Lincoln Avenue project to pave, add parking spaces, install new streetlights and improve sewers. A federal grant is funding the bulk of the project.

“Lincoln will start July 1-ish and be completed in October,” said Charles Shasho, city deputy director of public works.

John Hyden, YSU’s executive director of facilities, told university trustees last week that the project may cause hassles for motorists when classes resume in late August.

Bids are expected to be open June 20 for Wick Avenue work which involves replacing a waterline and a sewer line, moving above-ground utilities underground and paving the street.

YSU President Jim Tressel has said the Wick work will improve both the appearance and safety of a main entry to campus.

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