A state agency has agreed to fund loans for the fourth phase of the Village of Genoa’s storm sewer installation plan.

The Ohio Public Works Commission recently notified village officials of the preliminary approval for the project slated to cover the northwest section of town, Village Administrator Kevin Gladden said.

The work covers Superior Street, near 17th Street, and West Street, between 15th and 17th streets.

However, village leaders cannot move forward officially until after July 1. That is when the administration will receive the official paperwork on the $235,000 loan, including the loan percentage and the payback schedule, Gladden explained.

Based on that timeline and the contract bid advertising requirements, work should begin in late fall, he said. The engineering firm for the project is the Poggemeyer Design Group.

This is the fifth year for the sewer installation project.

The project was suspended one year for lack of funds. After Phase 4, there is one more storm sewer installation section to go, Gladden said.

“That may be small enough to do alone out of the capital improvements budget. We’ll have to see how it goes,” the administrator said.
 

Road projects
Motorists can expect a few traffic delays on several roadways when Genoa begins its summer road reconstruction projects.

Village officials plan to open bids June 28,  Gladden said.

The largest project will be 17th Street, west of the residential neighborhoods.

“It’s really in bad shape,” Gladden said of the main thoroughfare.

Next in line is North Lane, off of Ohio 51 between Genoa Motors and Miller’s New Market. The alternate project, if the bids come in low enough, includes a section of West Street, the administrator said.

The 17th Street reconstruction will include a fairly new process. The contractor crews will grind up the current roadway, add a concrete mixture to the remnants, re-lay the batch along the road and the roll the substance smooth. Crews follow up by paving asphalt along the street section.

“It’s a fairly new process…It’s a little more expensive but lasts longer,” Gladden explained.

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