Troy City Council’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee reported Jan. 13 that the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is requiring an updated feasibility study before the city may proceed with final design for the West Main Street (State Route 41) intersection improvement at Experiment Farm Road and Stanfield Road. On Jan. 21 the council read Resolution R4-2025, which would authorize the Director of Public Service and Safety to amend the professional services agreement with American StructurePoint, Inc. to perform the study at a cost not to exceed $120,000.

Mr. Phillips, chair of the Streets and Sidewalks Committee, said the study is a feasibility study required by ODOT and “it will use current data, current modeling, current standards that ODOT has in place to determine what the best alternative is.” He told council the study could recommend a roundabout, intersection widening, or another solution based on updated traffic volumes and modeling. Mr. Phillips also stressed that the study does not itself commit the city to any construction: “The study comes back and says, don't do anything, you don't have to do anything.”

Council members asked for more information and for wider participation from two council members who had not been at the committee meeting; Mr. Phillips said staff would compile the details discussed with him and circulate them, and indicated that the email with additional facts would be sent within a day or two. Staff and Mr. Phillips noted federal and ODOT timelines influence when the city must submit required materials and said delays could affect grant timetables and project scheduling.

Public commenters asked whether the $120,000 study would include recommendations and public involvement; staff confirmed the work would include analysis and at least one or two recommendations and a public involvement component with an on-site meeting and virtual participation options.

The resolution was read for first reading and a council member asked that it go to second reading; council scheduled R4-2025 for second reading. No adoption vote was recorded on Jan. 21.

Clarifying details included in committee remarks and public questions: the $120,000 figure is for additional predesign/feasibility work requested by ODOT; the study is required by ODOT for ODOT-managed projects and uses updated ODOT software, standards and assumptions; earlier safety and simulation work was done in 2019 and subsequent years and ODOT asked for updated modeling.

Next steps: staff will circulate the additional written details to council, return the resolution for second reading as requested, and proceed to execute the amendment if and when the council approves the measure at second reading.