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Commissioners delay Sanford Ditch hearing as ODOT challenges proposed assessments
Summary
At a March 5 hearing, Soil & Water and county engineers outlined a $500,000 Sanford Ditch improvement funded in part by an H2Ohio grant; ODOT supports the work but objected to assessment calculations. Commissioners continued the hearing to review financing and potential early-payoff options.
Breann Hohman, executive director of the Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District, told the Erie County Commissioners at a March 5 final ditch hearing that the Sanford Ditch Improvement Project — petitioned in 2016 — covers just under 500 acres and includes improvements to roughly 100 acres from the channel at State Route 2 to McCartney Road, plus installation of a backflow preventer and the purchase of property needed to install drainage within the wetland.
Hohman said the district secured an H2Ohio grant for just under $400,000 and that the total estimated project cost is just over $500,000, roughly a 23% rise from the district’s 2023 estimate of $392,000.
Ohio Department of Transportation staff sent a letter expressing support for the physical work — reshaping the ditch, improving the culvert under Route 2 and maintaining drainage flows…
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