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Council told ODOT pushed Bell Road East project to 2026; council to seek clarification and review OPWC timing
Summary
The village's street committee reported that the Ohio Department of Transportation pushed the Bell Road East project out of the 2025 schedule. Committee members said the village previously expected OPWC funding and that staff will follow up with the engineer and funding partners to determine impacts.
Members of the South Russell Village street committee told council on Feb. 24 that the Bell Road East project has been postponed after state or regional transportation partners removed the project from the 2025 schedule.
Committee members said they received word secondhand that ODOT (or a partnering authority) had decided to delay the project, and that the village's engineer, Eric, will need to follow up to verify the change and to determine implications for Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) and other funding sources. "We allegedly are not gonna do it because the word on the street is ODOT pushed it," a committee member said.
Council members expressed concern about downstream impacts to related work and asked staff to contact the engineer and funding partners to confirm scheduling, expected funding effects and alternatives for prioritized culvert or stormwater repairs in the interim.
No formal action was taken; council asked Eric and staff to get verification from ODOT and from the OPWC contact and to return with an updated schedule and funding implications.
