More Than $27 Million Awarded to Franklin County Communities

January 25, 2022

14 projects receive Ohio Public Works Commission funding

A total of $27.5 million in funding is being recommended for 14 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 23 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 following table:

OPWC Infrastructure Awards for District 3

AGENCY	PROJECT NAME	ESTIMATED COST	TOTAL AWARD	PROGRAM
Bexley	N Columbia Ave & S Remington Rd Comprehensive Improvements	$4,969,075	$4,969,075	SCIP
Columbus	Broad St at James Rd Intersection	$5,154,107	$1,162,279	LTIP
Columbus	Front Street and Marconi Boulevard Roadway Improvements	$9,418,813	$2,876,854	SCIP
Columbus	Second Avenue Improvements – Milo-Grogan	$7,633,014	$999,999	SCIP
Columbus	Summit Street Signals – Warren St to E 7th Ave	$2,822,639	$999,999	LTIP
Franklin Co Engineer	Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road at Havens Road Roundabout	$5,590,119	$999,999	LTIP
Franklin Co Engineer	SR 317 at Rohr Road Roundabout	$4,899,755	$1,942,750	LTIP
Franklin Co Engineer	Sunbury Road at Woodward Avenue Bridge Improvement	$1,364,360	$999,999	SCIP
Franklin Co Sanitary Eng.	S Grener Ave Sanitary Sewer Collections System Reconstruction	$1,528,679	$1,528,679	SCIP
Grandview Hts.	GH Bobcat Way Fairview Avenue Transformation	$2,700,000	$1,999,900	SCIP
Grove City	Demorest Road Improvements, Phase 2	$2,909,078	$1,999,999	SCIP
Hilliard	Cosgray Road & Woodsview Way Improvements (CIP T-84)	$4,403,100	$429,010	LTIP
Reynoldsburg	Waggoner Road Improvements, Phase 1	$7,600,609	$3,500,000	SCIP
Whitehall	East Broad Street Improvement, Phase 1	$3,073,723	$3,073,723	SCIP
	TOTAL	$64,067,071	$27,482,265

Reporters are encouraged to contact the agencies that applied for project specifics.