August 2023 Spotlight on Mount Vernon with City Engineer, Brian Ball

Mount Vernon City Engineer Brian Ball shared updates on the City with The Morning Thing on Friday, 8/25/23.

You can hear the full conversation at the link below.

Topics included:

Updates on current construction and maintenance projects. He shares the progress of these projects:
– Grange Avenue Sanitary Sewer replacement project
– Stump and Northview Area project
– Buckeye Addition project
– Center Street project
Updates on tree trimming in the city
Updates on street sweeping in the city
City paving projects that will happen before winter.
– Drainage improvements in the Industrial Park, Progress Drive
– Dixie Drive
– Plaza Drive, north of Coshocton Ave.
Update on the stoplight project on Mansfield Avenue near Dan Emmett Elementary School
Update on the Route 13 re-routing plan through downtown
– The City has applied for funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
– They have received 2.5 million dollars of congestion mitigation funds from the Federal Stimulus package.
– The goal is to have 20% of this project funded locally and the rest will come from a combination of federal and state funding.
He shared the savings projections for drivers.
A public involvement meeting is coming soon so that residents can ask questions and share opinions.
Update from the Mount Vernon Police Department.
Update from the Mount Vernon Fire Department.
Events planned for the city for the rest of August and into September.
The immediate goal for September includes the budgeting process for the City.

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