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Public Service Committee backs ODOT bridge fence upgrade, approves final water-meter purchases and joins challenge to AT&T tariff
Summary
The Public Service Committee advanced authorization for Akron to share $288,000 in costs for an 8-foot fence replacement on the State Route 261 Y-bridge, approved the purchase of the final 6,000 water meters from Xylem Inc., put a consolidated underground utility-locating contract on the consent agenda and voted to support a challenge to AT&T—s tariff at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
The Akron City Council Public Service Committee advanced four items Tuesday: participation in an Ohio Department of Transportation bridge rehabilitation that will replace the Y-bridge fence with an 8-foot anti-climb barrier, authorization to procure the city’s final 6,000 water meters from Xylem Inc., permission to bid a consolidated underground utility-locating contract, and a resolution backing the Ohio Municipal League—s challenge to AT&T—s tariff application at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Service Director Chris Lotto told the committee that ODOT will perform extensive surface repairs and replace the bridge fence on State Route 261 (the city’s “Y bridge”). ODOT’s standard fence is a 6-foot galvanized anti-vandalism design; the committee agreed the project should use an 8-foot fence…
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