NEW PHILADELPHIA
Tuscarawas County commissioners have agreed to fund projects in Dover, Gnadenhutten, Lawrence Township and Warren Township with 2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money.
All four projects, along with funding for the Fair Housing Program and administration expenses, will cost $194,000.
In addition, commissioners on Thursday approved an application for a $300,000 state Critical Infrastructure Grant, which would be used to pave Barnhill Road (county Road 68) from the Barnhill corporation line to the Roswell corporation line.
“It’s pretty worn,” said Scott Reynolds, director of the Tuscarawas County Office of Community and Economic Development.
The county will be competing with all counties in the state for the money, he said.
A total of 10 communities and organizations applied for the CDBG money.
“We have a limited amount of money,” said Commissioner Chris Abbuhl. “We try to do the best we can.”
Commissioner Belle Everett said it is difficult to chose which projects to fund. “I felt we made pretty solid decisions in these,” she said.
The projects include:
$41,000 for the village of Gnadenhutten to resurface a portion of W. Main Street. The village will contribute $63,345 to the project.
$55,500 for Lawrence Township to pave a portion of Kathryn Square and place 320 feet of storm sewer drainage pipe at the intersection of Kathryn Square and Hessmill Road. The township’s share is $13,778. Everett noted that this was the first time Lawrence Township ever applied for CDBG money.
$20,000 for Warren Township to resurface Adams Road NE. “That road is ready to turn back to gravel,” Everett said. The township’s share is $1,350.
$38,700 to the city of Dover for reconstruction of Fifth Street between Broad Street and the second public alley west of Tuscarawas Avenue. The city’s share is $63,300.
County officials should know by September or late October if they will be receiving the Critical Infrastructure Grant, Reynolds said.
The money would go to the county engineer’s office.
If Tuscarawas County receives the grant to pave Barnhill Road, it would not be eligible to apply for any more state competitive grants at this time, he said.
Counties are allowed to have only two grants at one time.
Last year, the county received a Neighborhood Revitalization Grant, which is being used to repave Eastport Avenue in Uhrichsville from 11th Street to Little Stillwater Creek.
The project includes installation of new sidewalks and curbs.
Work on the $754,000 project hasn’t begun yet, but should start by the beginning of 2016, he said.
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