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Officials say Ironton riverfront project progressing; permitting delays push some work beyond 2025
Summary
Consultants and city staff reported progress on riverfront work but said U.S. Army Corps permits will delay dock and seawall work past the current construction season; ODNR-funded playground and volleyball courts can proceed under a limited approval.
Consultants and city staff told the Ironton City Council on Aug. 28 that the riverfront improvement project is advancing through environmental review and permitting but that federal permitting requirements will delay some work until next year.
Kevin Wood of IBI and other consultants reported that environmental reviews and permitting steps with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are underway. Work above the ordinary high-water mark — including a playground and volleyball courts funded by an Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) grant — has been preapproved and can proceed, the consultants said, as long as the project avoids certain sensitive areas mentioned in the federal reviews. Wood and other staff said they…
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