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County engineer urges support for OPWC bond renewal, stresses local return on state funds
Summary
County Engineer Chris Bauserman briefed commissioners on the upcoming May ballot issue to renew the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) bond authorization, outlining project eligibility, district process and the local benefits of the program.
Chris Bauserman, Delaware County Engineer, told the Board of Commissioners on April 7 that Ohio's OPWC program is a long-standing source of low-cost grants and 0-percent loans for local infrastructure and urged the public-information value of the county explaining the ballot measure to voters.
Bauserman said the program began in 1987 and is on the ballot in May for a 10-year renewal. The current proposed authorization amount is $2.5 billion; the county engineer said that since 1987 Delaware County has had 2,908 projects approved and more than $80 million invested locally through the program. He also…
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