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ODOT offers $180,000 toward Burgess Street repairs to aid Heartland Commerce Park traffic
Summary
An engineer told the Mount Vernon committee the city can accept $180,000 in ODOT aging funds for a $355,296.70 Burgess Street repair and repaving project aimed at improving truck access to Heartland Commerce Park; staff said funds must be accepted quickly.
Engineer Mister Ball told the Streets and Public Buildings committee that a targeted repair and repaving project on Burgess Street would reinforce wheel tracks, strengthen drive aprons for heavy equipment and add missing sidewalk segments to improve truck routing into Heartland Commerce Park.
The project, he said, is estimated at $355,296.70 and "ODOT has graciously agreed to offer us $180,000 toward the project," but the money comes from prior fiscal-year ("aging") funds and must be accepted promptly or ODOT will reallocate it, according to Mister Ball.
Why it matters: Council members said the stretch of Burgess Street that serves the Heartland Commerce Park has repeatedly suffered edge deterioration where heavy trucks turn, damaging new sidewalks and creating maintenance burdens. Mister Ball said the city acquired a corner parcel from the land bank to increase the turn radius at North Sandusky and Burgess streets and that the work would end at the public right-of-way; driveway work would stop at the edge of the right-of-way lines because ODOT funds can only be spent on public roads.
Council discussion focused on schedule and beneficiaries. Council members noted the work would help several local businesses named in the discussion, including ERCO, Robertson Truck and Becker, and asked how long the city has to obligate the funds. Mister Ball said his understanding is the city would need to use the money by 2027 and urged council to act quickly so staff can enter the contract with ODOT.
Next steps: Mister Ball asked the committee to pass the measure promptly so the city can execute the contract with ODOT; committee members expressed general support and moved the item forward for council consideration.
