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City engineer outlines summer paving, paths and waterline projects; defective asphalt to be replaced at contractor cost
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City Engineer Brad Holman briefed council on summer construction work, including South Main repairs (deficient asphalt will be milled and repaved at the contractor's expense), a Bridal Road shared-use path, a roughly $1,000,000 2026 residential paving program and planned waterline replacements slated for 2027.
City Engineer Brad Holman told council the city is entering construction season and reviewed several projects scheduled for summer and future years.
Holman said the South Main paving project produced some out-of-spec surface-course asphalt with high air voids; crews will walk the roadway with the contractor this week, identify deficient areas and mill and repave them at no cost to the city. "It's at no cost to the city. It's deficient material," Holman said.
Holman also described an upcoming Bridal Road shared-use path that will link housing developments with Bowling Green High School, a pedestrian hybrid beacon project on Gypsy Lane, the 2026 residential paving program (about $1,000,000) and a village sanitary sewer pump-station replacement west of the new high school. Several projects are in design for 2027, including the Krim–Scott–Hamilton shared-use path funded in part by Safe Routes to School dollars, and a South College waterline replacement (upgrading a 6-inch main to 8 inches) with paving to follow.
Council members asked clarifying questions about warranty timelines and contractor responsibility; Holman said the deficiencies are the contractor's responsibility because the materials were out of specification. Bids will be opened for a Conneaut sidewalk project next week and construction timing for many items is aligned with the school calendar and summer season.
Holman's update did not require an immediate vote; projects will proceed through normal contracting and bidding processes.
