The arrival of state funding signals the start of the county-wide resurfacing program in Mahoning County. The state money arrived later than usual this year but the work got underway on Tuesday.  

County Engineer Pat Ginnetti was out early, checking on paving work on Kennedy Road in Poland Township.  

"This is the first road on our county-wide paving program," said Ginnetti. The county is looking to cover more road miles than average this year.

"We're going to be right around 15 miles on the county-wide paving program. But we also have the Meridian Road project going on in two phases. You add that and we're up over 20 miles," according to Ginnetti.

Funding of paving projects is subject to a scoring system based on overall condition of the road and average daily traffic.  

Ginnetti says it can be difficult to get funding for low volume roads.

"So we always try to pair a very busy road with a not so busy road in trying to keep that average high so we can be guaranteed funding," Ginnetti said.

The engineer says people need to understand that there's just not enough money to do every road. The state funding comes from the gas tax and license fees, no other taxes.

"Every county gets the same amount of money gas tax-wise.  License plates. It's based on the number of residents that have cars and trucks plated in the county," Ginnetti explained.
  
One road that scores high on average daily traffic Meridian Road. That two phase project between the county and the city of Youngstown is proceeding on schedule. 

The complete list of roads scheduled for resurfacing as provided by the Mahoning County Engineer:

  • Austintown Township

New Road from Turner Road to State Route 46

Raccoon Road from Mahoning Avenue to Kirk Road

Four Mile Run Road from Meridian Road to Mahoning Avenue

  • Beaver Township

Calla Road from State Route 7 to State Route 164

  • Berlin Township

Berlin Station Road from State Route 534 to Bedell Road

  • Boardman Township

Glenwood Avenue from Shields Road to Midlothian Boulevard

Hitchcock Road from access road to Western Reserve Road

Schenley Avenue from Hopkins Road to Youngstown City limits

  • Coitsville Township

South Hubbard Road from US Route 422 to New Castle Road

  • Green Township

Washingtonville Road from Roller Road to State Route 165

  • Poland Township

New Castle Road from Sylvan Street to Hubbard Road

New Castle Road from State Route 289 to Sylvan Street

Kennedy Road, 2,700 feet east of Struthers to Quarry Road

New Castle Road from Hubbard Road to the Pennsylvania line

  • Smith Township

Courtney Road from 12th Street to Johnson Road

Johnson road from Middletown Road to Courtney Road

  • Springfield Township

Columbiana Road from Unity Road to Honey Creek

  • Bridge and culvert replacements

Columbiana Road Bridge

Hitchcock Road Culvert

Calla Road Culvert