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Sylvania Council backs two ODOT safety grant applications for roundabouts at crash-prone intersections
Summary
Council authorized filing two Ohio Department of Transportation Highway Safety Improvement Program grant applications to build roundabouts at Brent & Main and Harroun & Holland-Sylvania; project cost estimates and requested federal/state participation were presented.
The Sylvania City Council approved two resolutions authorizing the mayor and finance director to file Ohio Department of Transportation Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant applications seeking major state funding for roundabout projects at Brent Road and Main Street and at Harroun Road and Holland-Sylvania Road.
Council reviewed a traffic study completed by DGL Consulting Engineers that found the two intersections exceed ODOT’s safety metric: both locations show injury-crash shares above 30 percent. The consultant and staff recommended roundabouts or other safety improvements. The council passed Resolution 6-2025 (Brent & Main) and Resolution 7-2025 (Harroun & Holland-Sylvania) as emergency measures to meet the March 31 application deadline.
Staff described estimated project costs and requested HSIP participation levels. The Brent & Main project estimate is about $3.1 million; the application requests roughly $2.6 million (about 81 percent of project costs). The Harroun/Holland-Sylvania location carries an estimated cost of about $3.8 million; staff said the HSIP request would cover roughly $3.1 million. Brent & Main also appears on ODOT’s HSIP priority list (staff said it was roughly at position 170 out of several hundred listed).
Mr. Shaw, who presented the study findings, told council that ODOT’s HSIP metric considers both the number of crashes and the share that result in injury; staff said Brent & Main and Harroun/Holland-Sylvania exceed the 30 percent injury threshold. Councilmembers asked about emergency vehicle access near hospital routes; staff noted prior local consideration at a different intersection and said a traffic signal remained an option if roundabout design raised substantial operational concerns.
If the city wins HSIP funding, staff said the local share would be supplemented by applying to the Ohio Public Works Commission when the OPWC funding window opens. Councilmember Richardson moved and seconded motions to file the applications; both resolutions passed unanimously by voice vote as emergency measures.
Staff emphasized that these applications are time-sensitive: the grant application deadline is March 31 and successful HSIP applications would substantially lower the city’s local cost burden for intersection reconstruction.
