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City staff outlines road, bridge and utility projects including Gender Road Phase 6, Headworks and Winchester Boulevard
Summary
Construction Director Bill Sims told council the city’s major street, bridge and utility projects are progressing, with several work windows in May and June and Winchester Boulevard bidding advancing.
Construction Director Bill Sims reported to the Canal Winchester City Council on April 21 that several capital projects are active and moving toward construction milestones.
Sims said crews are completing punch-list items on last year’s High Street downtown improvements, including manhole adjustments and placement of an intersection logo. Gender Road Phase 6 work continues; Sims said traffic signals should be wrapped up within roughly two weeks, street lighting is operational, and work on staining and sealing parapet walls and painting bridge-beam edges is scheduled for early May. Night work will be required for removal of temporary wood framing and other items.
Sims reported the Headworks project (wastewater facility) is underway: contractor Kokosing has mobilized, completed required clearing and begun utility locating. Material submittals are in review and the contractor is establishing laydown areas and a field office.
The 2025 street program with Strausser Paving was detailed: curb replacement in Westchester will start about May 5 (approx. two weeks), sidewalks in Ashbrook around May 15 (about two weeks), milling and resurfacing in June, and pavement repairs and miscellaneous work in June. Sims said work at the Washington Street/Groveport Road intersection will begin around May 30 and include modified curb and lane configurations plus sidewalk access to the library; milling and resurfacing for the program are planned for June with roughly a week for those operations.
Sims said the city opened bids for Winchester Boulevard improvements; Strouds Paving appeared to be the apparent low bidder and council will see legislation in early May recommending authorization to move forward. Right-of-way acquisition is in progress and Sims expects construction could begin in June with substantial completion by October.
On other design projects, Sims said Green Gate Boulevard design is wrapping up and McGill Park Phase 2B design is underway. Private development activity on the OhioHealth site and the library projects is resuming as weather allows. Several councilmembers asked follow-up questions on localized issues: curb damage and truck turning radii at an entrance to Route 33 (staff said engineers verified turning templates and proposed adding a concrete truck apron behind the curb), planting/tree buffers along the new sidewalk to the library (staff said trees in a low-lying area will be removed as part of an easement agreement; a vegetation buffer is not currently planned), and timing for sidewalk and curb installs.
