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Hiram officials discuss Nebo Road repairs, ask for heavy outreach and aim to finish before school resumes
Summary
Council and staff reviewed a Rent Engineering proposal to repair several damaged locations on Nebo Road, discussed safety, work timing and notifications, and agreed to push outreach to residents and trucking community.
Councilmembers reviewed a proposal to repair several deteriorated sections of Nebo Road and stressed extensive notification and safety measures for residents and motorists.
The discussion matters because Nebo Road is a primary local artery used by commuters, school traffic and heavy trucks, and council members said poorly timed construction could cause major congestion or neighborhood impacts.
Cliff McGrady, a city staff member who presented the engineering materials, said the proposal from Rent Engineering identifies a few locations that “require immediate, work.” He told the council that parts of the road will need to be milled and fully resurfaced, while other sections will receive localized patching. “If we do it during the day, we may have a traffic build up. If we do it at night, there might be some noise,” McGrady said.
Council members and staff discussed the tradeoffs between daytime and nighttime work and repeatedly emphasized outreach. McGrady said the city will notify residents and use social media and electronic signs: “we will notify. I will make sure everyone is notified, on Nebow Road,” and recommended signing both ends of the corridor and pushing notices once dates are set.
Staff noted heavy truck traffic as a primary cause of the damage and recommended requiring the contractor to set up “extensive work zones” and visible advance signage. Council members asked whether a contract could require completion “by the time school resumes”; staff said the goal is to finish before school returns and that timing could affect whether work is done at night or during the day.
The presentation described the work as sectional: “each section will be done a section at a time,” with areas that must be milled off and rebuilt.
No formal vote or contract award was recorded in the work session minutes; councilmembers asked staff to proceed with scheduling and outreach and to return with firm dates and a contract recommendation for a future regular meeting.
Background: council members recalled a full resurfacing roughly seven years earlier and said renewed heavy truck traffic has accelerated deterioration. The city also discussed using existing electronic message signs and social media to reduce disruption.
Looking ahead, staff said they will publish firm work dates and outreach instructions once the schedule is set and will include signage at key intersections to advise drivers of closures and detours.
