KINGSVILLE TOWNSHIP —
A months-long experiment in governmental cooperation has been dubbed a success and will soon deliver a rebuilt road to dozens of residents in North Kingsville and Kingsville Township.
Since August 2011, the two communities have pooled personnel, equipment and resources to rebuild Green Road between Route 20 (the North Kingsville end) and the Norfolk Southern Railway crossing (found in the township). The old road was ripped out and crews literally started over, reworking drains and building a new road base.
This week, the first layer of asphalt was applied to road, which stretches 3,464 feet, said Neal Stewart, Kingsville’s road superintendent. “It’s a big job,” he said.
Resurfacing will be completed next week if weather allows, he said. Once the paving is finished, all that remains to do is repair yards and driveway aprons, Stewart said.
North Kingsville was invited by the township to participate in the repair work because the road connects the two, said village Mayor Terry McConnell. The governments took advantage of a special grant program that rewards communities that cooperate on capital improvement projects. In-kind services provided by the two communities helps satisfy much of the matching expense, officials said.
The project price tag will approach $500,000, not much beyond the $419,000 estimated by the Ashtabula County engineer’s office, Stewart said. “We went 50-50 on the work,” he said.
Some improvements to the road will result from the project. A dip at one spot, for example, has been smoothed out a bit, McConnell said. Also, Green Road where it intersects Route 20 has been widened, he said.
Much of the work was done by road crews from the township and village, Stewart said. Private contractors were used only for some excavation, drainage, paving and milling work, he said. When complete, the entire length of Green will have received a facelift — early last year the township repaired a much smaller stretch of Green between the tracks and Route 84, Stewart said.
McConnell said the entire project should be finished by November. He is pleased with the result so far, and wouldn’t hesitate to join forces on another mutually beneficial project.
“I believe we work well with Kingsville,” he said. “It will be real nice for the people on Green Road.”
Stewart is also happy with the project and the cooperation from up north.
“It’s good that we joined forces, since we share the road,” he said. “It’s a good team effort.”
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WARREN DILLAWAY / Star Beacon A COOPERATIVE Green Road road improvement project between North Kingsville and Kingsville Township is nearing completion.
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