More Than $27 Million Awarded to Franklin County Communities

January 26, 2021

13 projects receive Ohio Public Works Commission funding

A total of $27.4 million in funding is being recommended for 13 projects in Franklin County by the District 3 Public Works Integrating Committee. The communities requested funding through the State Capital Improvement Program and the Local Transportation Improvement Program.

The programs are administered by the Ohio Public Works Commission and provide financial assistance to local communities for the improvement of their basic infrastructure systems.

“The Ohio Public Works Commission continues to be an important component in financing road, bridge, sanitary sewer and sidewalk construction throughout Franklin County. With this year’s awards, many important infrastructure improvements for a variety of local agencies will receive grants and loans necessary to construct these projects.”

Franklin County Engineer Cornell R. Robertson, Chair of the District 3 Public Works Integrating Committee

Eligible projects include improvements to roads, bridges, culverts, water supply systems, wastewater systems, storm water collection systems and solid waste disposal facilities. County, city, village, township and other infrastructure districts located in Franklin County were eligible to apply.

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission provides administrative support for OPWC District 3, including processing and reviewing grant and loan requests from local governments. After evaluating and scoring the funding applications, final funding approval is provided by OPWC.

“This year, we received 20 applications to maintain and improve roads, bridges, water lines and sanitary sewers. The projects receiving funding assistance will address a variety of local infrastructure needs in our communities.”

MORPC Infrastructure Development Manager Nathaniel Vogt

Projects were recommended for funding as shown in the table below:

AGENCY	PROJECT NAME	ESTIMATED COST	TOTAL AWARD	PROGRAM
Bexley	Stanbery Avenue & Chelsea Avenue Comprehensive Improvements	$5,178,342	$4,914,246	SCIP
Columbus	ADA Curb Ramps – Citywide Curb Ramps	$2,399,198	$1,214,645	SCIP
Columbus	Hocking Street and Hanover Street – Signal Installation	$1,480,287	$1,000,000	SCIP
Columbus	SR161 – I-71 to Cleveland Avenue Phase I – Arterial Street Rehabilitation	$11,581,645	$5,012,845	SCIP
Franklin Co. Engineer	Morse Road at Babbitt Road Roundabout	$3,656,868	$1,257,750	LTIP
Franklin Co. Engineer	SR 317 at Lockbourne Road Improvements	$2,545,452	$92,613	LTIP
Franklin Co. Engineer	Winchester Pike 0.87 over Georges Creek Bridge Replacement	$1,478,978	$216,478	SCIP
Franklin Co. Sanitary Eng.	Ferris Road Sanitary Sewer Collections System	$1,998,495	$1,097,173	SCIP
Franklin Co. Sanitary Eng.	N Hague Avenue Sanitary Sewer Collections System	$4,078,800	$2,239,260	SCIP
Grove City	Demorest Road Improvements Phase 1	$5,802,056	$3,663,952	LTIP
Reynoldsburg	East Main Street Improvements – Phase 2	$2,904,579	$1,999,999	SCIP
Whitehall	Broad Street and Hamilton Road Intersection Improvement	$10,923,278	$1,417,303	LTIP
Whitehall	Woodcliff Drive Realignment	$4,244,963	$3,179,477	SCIP
	TOTAL	$58,272,941	$27,305,741

For project specifics, reporters are encouraged to contact the agencies that applied.