Solon City Council approves $201,000 change order to accelerate Solon Road reconstruction

The Solon City Council voted unanimously at a special meeting to approve change order No. 1 for the Solon Road reconstruction contract (Contract 2018Dot36), adding $201,000 to the contract to fund acceleration measures under the city’s two-lane, one-way maintenance-of-traffic plan. The council approved the change order under emergency procedures to allow construction to start as soon as possible.

The change order bundles several acceleration options — an extra 10‑hour workday, limited Saturday work to meet milestones, nighttime paving and nighttime cement stabilization — that city staff said together total about $201,000. City staff said applying those options in full could shorten the planned 10‑week project to roughly six weeks, weather permitting. Officials also said choosing a two‑way traffic plan instead of the one‑way maintenance plan would increase the schedule by about six weeks and add roughly…