Several local communities receive grant money
Twenty-three communities in Ohio, including some here in the Valley, received grants totaling more than $11 million.
Twenty-three communities in Ohio, including some here in the Valley, received grants totaling more than $11 million.
The grants were awarded by the Ohio Development Services Agency through the Community Development Downtown Revitalization and Neighborhood Revitalization Competitive Set-Aside programs and the Critical Infrastructure Program.
The money from those grants will be used statewide for improvements to streets, sidewalks, bridges, public facilities, and infrastructure. Funds may also be used to rehabilitate buildings in a community's Central Business District.
Locally, the city of Niles, the Village of Wellsville, Liberty Township, and Howland Township received funds for infrastructural improvement.
Niles will be receiving $300,000 to replace water lines and infrastructure on Difford Drive. That project will replace 2,535 linear feet of waterline, five fire hydrants, and 18 water valves.
Wellsville is receiving $334,800 to help with the reconstruction of four street intersections in the village, totaling 6,000 linear feet of roadway.
Liberty Township will receive $263,500 in grant money to repair drainage systems on Trumbull Avenue, Northgate Avenue, and Green Acres Drive. That project will install 1,546 linear feet of drainage conduit, 19 catch basins, and reconstruct 3,187 linear feet of roadway.
Howland Township is receiving $416,600 for improvements to the Morgandale neighborhood. This project will span 7,181 linear feet of road and drainage facilities. These improvements include 4,700 linear feet of drainage conduit, 14 catch basins, and three turnarounds for emergency vehicles on Basswood, Elmwood, Thornwood, Ashwood, and Beechwood Avenues.
"We're helping communities improve infrastructure, which improves the quality of life for residents," said David Goodman, Director of the Ohio Development Services Agency.
