MAYOR'S MESSAGE

Craig A. Stough 2/29/08

"2008 Street Improvements Planned"

The City of Sylvania is planning its street improvement projects for 2008. The projects include improvements to both main thoroughfares and to neighborhood streets. The projects will be paid for with capital improvement funds. None of the projects will result in special assessments to property owners.

The largest and most visible project will be the Ohio Department of Transportation repair and repaving of Monroe Street from US 23 east to Talmadge Road. The project has already been bid and awarded to the Shelly Company and is planned to start in April and be complete in July. The City of Sylvania's cost for its portion of the work inside the City is $860,000 plus any additional curb or catch basin repair work needed. Much of the work will be accomplished at night.

Convent Boulevard will be milled and repaved, and catch basins rebuilt. This project was delayed from 2007 due to the Main Street bridge reconstruction so Convent could serve as a detour route, and also due to construction at Lourdes College. The project is bidding in March and is estimated to cost $266,894.

Several aging neighborhood concrete streets are planned for replacement this year. The northerly section of Woodland is bidding in March and is estimated to cost $264,300. Glasgow, Glenmore, Cameron, Claremont, Wythe, and Graham are scheduled to bid soon, as is the Acres Road replacement from Alexis Road north to Marshall. Municipal bonds will be sold to finance these street replacements.

The City of Sylvania will continue for the twelfth year its program to mill and repave asphalt neighborhood streets and pay for the improvements out of current capital funds. The program is intended to maintain the appearance of our neighborhoods, keep them desirable and maintain property values. The milling off of the old asphalt is bidding in March, and is estimated at $58,300. Once the milling contractor is complete by early June, the asphalt repaving will be done by City Streets Division crews this summer using the City's asphalt paving equipment.

The neighborhood streets to be milled and repaved this summer are Brinthaven (north of Brint), Appomatox, Antietam, Todd, Pines, Red Pines, Green Spruce, White Pines, Green Pines, Bonniebrook, Westbourne, Wyndham, Campden, Wadsworth, Brixton, Radcliffe, Fairhaven, Gilcrest and Club. For the fourth year, the milling bid package also includes several Sylvania Township streets bid by the City in cooperation with the Township and to be paid for by the Township.

These City street improvements are all being completed without special property assessments. They will, however, create inconvenience for our residents during construction. Please be patient as the work progresses. The City will work with all the contractors to complete the projects efficiently. Thank you for your patience this street construction season.