Road Repairs
City Council approved a budget request of $766,000 to be appropriated in 2016 for street paving and repair work. The Service Department continues to patch pot holes throughout the city and milling and paving will occur on the following streets:
- Bagley Road
- Branch Street from Olive Avenue to Cornell Avenue
- Hickory Trail
- Island Road
- Lee Street from Hadaway Street to Helen Street
- Meadow Moss Lane
- Mildred Street from Route 83 to Ridgeview Blvd.
- Mills Creek Lane
- Race Road from Sugar Ridge Road to railroad tracks
Concrete full-depth street and sidewalk repairs - Eastview Avenue at 5936 and from 5955 to 6005
- Highland Drive near Jaycox Road
- Helen Street curb return area as marked at Ridgeview Blvd.
- Rosebelle Avenue at 5908, 5922 to 5964, 6032, 6122, 6214, 6242 and Sycamore Street curb return
- Transverse joint replacements two feet wide as marked on Eastview Avenue near 5918
- Transverse joint replacements two feet wide on Rosebelle Avenue and Highland Drive
- Catch basin blockout replacements at 89 various locations throughout the city. Catch basin blockouts are concrete pavement located around storm sewer inlets along the roadway pavement curb. For a complete listing of locations, click here.
Jaycox Road Reconstruction Project, Phase 2
Reconstruction of Jaycox Road from approximately 400 feet north of Drake Street to Mills Road will move forward in late summer of 2016. This will include six inches of pulverized asphalt base and three inches of new asphalt intermediate and surface courses to provide two eleven-foot lanes with two-foot wide asphalt shoulders. The city received a grant from Ohio Public Works Commission for $358,233 of the $607,175 needed for this project.
Safe Routes to School Project
The city has received a grant administered through the Ohio Department of Transportation to hire Smith Paving and Excavating, Inc. for $338,970.75 for the construction of the Safe Routes to School Project. The purpose of this project is to provide well-connected pedestrian and bicycle networks so that school children can safely walk and bicycle to school. The purpose of this project is also to create a vision of North Ridgeville as a place where all modes of transportation are to be respected, to create an environment where students understand that walking and biking are good for the body and the earth, and to improve bicycling skills of students in order to prevent crashes. The work includes upgrading crosswalks, curb ramps, pavement markings, traffic control signage, adding rear-facing school flashing beacons, adding bicycle racks, and providing new sidewalks at gaps in the existing sidewalks at various locations for Liberty, Wilcox and Lear North Elementary Schools. Sidewalks will be constructed on Jaycox Road, Drake Street, Ridgeview Blvd., Rosebelle Avenue, Fairacres Road, Poplar Street and Mildred Street. Storm sewer and drainage modifications may be necessary at a few sidewalk locations. Work is expected to begin in early June and be completed before school begins in the fall. Tree lawns, drives and other property disturbed by construction will be restored by the contractor at their cost. K.E. McCartney & Associates has been hired using grant funds of $34,600 to provide construction inspection services for this project.
Aurensen Road Sidewalk Project
The city collaborated with the North Ridgeville City Schools and the North Ridgeville Branch Library to apply for a mini-grant from the Lorain County General Health District. A grant of $35,810 was awarded for the construction of sidewalks on the north side of Aurensen Road. The purpose of this mini-grant is to increase sidewalk usage and/or physical activity and the community health status to decrease the incidence of chronic disease. The sidewalk will increase access to the Town Center including the Senior Center, South Central Park, North Ridgeville Branch Library, Wilcox Elementary, the High School and the new grades 3-8 school complex from the Aurensen Road neighborhood and the future Cross Creek subdivision to be located west of the Aurensen Road neighborhood. The Aurensen Road sidewalk will connect to a planned sidewalk to be constructed on Avon Belden Road. The Aurensen Road sidewalk project will tie in with the Safe Routes to School project and a joint ribbon-cutting ceremony and festivities will be held at 9:30 AM on Thursday, September 8 on Aurensen Road. More information will be made available closer to the event date. Discount Cement Contractors, Inc. has been hired by the city for $29,838 to construct the Aurensen Road sidewalk. Bramhall Engineering & Surveying Co., Inc. has been hired by the city for $1,500 to provide survey to locate the Aurensen Road right of way line. Grafton Ready Mix has been hired by the city to supply concrete for $8,512. Construction is expected to begin by June 1 and be complete by July 1, 2016.
With the addition of the sidewalks on Aurensen Road, Avon Belden Road, the Safe Routes to School sidewalks, the Center Ridge Road widening project sidewalk and multi-use path, and the Lear Nagle Road widening project sidewalks, North Ridgeville will have a well-connected sidewalk network and a physical environment that encourages walking and bicycling to school, the public library and South Central Park.