Politics & Government
South Taylor Road Construction Meeting Scheduled For Thursday Night
The Ohio Department of Transportation and the City of Cleveland Heights will review the new construction timeline and answer questions from residents
As residents of South Taylor Road know, the Ohio Department of Transportation has pushed back the construction project on the street several times.
The department will co-host a meeting with the City of Cleveland Heights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at to review the new timeline for the project and answer questions from residents.
Councilwoman Bonita Caplan will lead the meeting, and an ODOT representive will provide details about the project. Other officials will also attend the meeting to answer questions.
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The project will start at Euclid Heights Boulevard and run north on Taylor to the East Cleveland border, which is roughly a mile and a half.
"The Taylor Road improvement project includes resurfacing between Euclid Heights Boulevard and Bayreuth Road, as well as curb and drainage upgrades," ODOT wrote in a press release about the meeting.
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The $5 million project was and moved because city officials weren't sure if state money to fix the road would be included in Gov. John Kasich's new budget, said City Manager Robert Downey.
The project was because an engineer from the Ohio Department of Transportation, which is running the project, retired, according to city officials. A new date has not been set, but should be discussed at the meeting.
Mayor Ed Kelley has called the road the worst in Cuyahoga County, and is anxious for the project to get under way.
"I wish it had already started, to be honest with you. We're losing good quality road construction time," Kelley had said in August.
Cleveland Heights City Council read a resolution that described the financing and details of the project, which is paid for with federal and county money, at its meeting June 20.
The project still went out for bidding as planned, Kelley said in August, and the lowest bidder was Perk Company.
Kelley said though some estimate that the work will take two years, he guesses it will be closer to three.
Residents can hear more up-to-date details about the project at the meeting.
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