By David Skolnick

skolnick@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

The city will make about $1.46 million worth of improvements next year to sections of heavily traveled roads, including two portions of McGuffey Road.

“None have been paved in about 12 years, and some have not been paved even longer,” said Charles Shasho, the city’s deputy director of public works. “They are not in good condition. Based on the winter we expect, they’re going to be in worse condition in 2018.”

The streets to be paved are:

McGuffey Road from Wick Avenue to Albert Street on the East Side.

McGuffey Road from Lansdowne Avenue to Garland Avenue on the East Side.

Jacobs Road from McGuffey Road to Seifert Avenue on the East Side.

Oak Hill Avenue from Marion Avenue to Indianola Avenue on the South Side.

Schenley Avenue from Scheetz Street to Mahoning Avenue on the West Side.

The work includes road resurfacing and new street signs, Shasho said.

Also being done as part of this project, he said, are new traffic signals on Canfield Road at these intersections: Old Mill Drive, Glenwood Avenue and Indianola Avenue.

“This is our annual program where we concentrate on major roads with high-traffic volumes,” he said.

The city will seek proposals for the work in May or June and award a contract around July, Shasho said. The road improvements should take up to 90 days to complete, he said.

The project’s estimated cost is $1.46 million with a state grant covering 69 percent of the cost. The city’s portion will be paid from its license-plate fees.

City council is having a special meeting at 4:45 p.m. today to approve legislation – including authorizing the board of control to advertise for proposals for this work – that it failed to pass last Wednesday by emergency measure.

Council met last week, but didn’t approve more than 50 pieces of proposed legislation by emergency because only five of its seven members were present.

The seven-member council needs six votes at a meeting to pass legislation by emergency.