Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is accepting applications to fund projects that address locations with a history of fatal or injury crashes where low-cost safety improvements have failed to solve the problem. The Highway Safety Improvement Program accepts formal safety applications twice a year, on March 31 and August 31; and it accepts abbreviated safety applications four times a year, on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31; and it accepts systemic safety applications once a year on January 31. These grants require a minimum 10% local match.
The Department of Public Service submitted an application seeking funds to construct safety improvements in the area of the Airport Drive at N Cassady Avenue intersection. This ordinance will authorize the Director of Public Service to execute project agreements for approved projects, to accept and expend grant funds, and to issue refunds, if necessary, after final accounting is performed or when notified by the Department of Public Service's Division of Design and Construction that a refund can be issued. Separate legislation authorizing the encumbrance and expenditure of capital funds to support the local share of anticipated project costs will be put forth at a later date as needed.
2. EXPECTED PROJECTS
The Department of Public Service submitted applications for the project listed below:
538018-100000 - Intersection - Cassady Avenue and Airport Drive: This project includes improvements to the intersection of Airport Drive at N Cassady Avenue to add pedestrian and bicycle facilities in the form of a Shared Use Path (SUP) and lighting, install a median to provide access management, and make safety improvements at the two adjacent intersections along N Cassady Avenue with Airport Drive and Plaza Properties Boulevard. The intersection with Airport Drive will be widened to accommodate additional turn lanes and improve the alignment of the eastbound and westbound lanes. ...
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