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MOUNT VERNON — The Knox County commissioners opened bids on May 12 for the county’s annual resurfacing program. Small’s Asphalt Paving was the lone bidder, submitting a bid of $822,263.41.

County Engineer Cameron Keaton said some roads will be a 1.25- to 1.5-inch overlay with a chip seal on top.

“The roads that are still in pretty good shape profile-wise will just get a chip seal,” he said.

LIMA — The Allen County commissioners authorized the publishing of a notice to accept bids for the contract paving of county and township roads for the 2026 County Engineer’s Road Program at their Thursday meeting.

The project involves paving 16 miles of road with 13 being beyond county roads, according to Allen County Operations Engineer Mark Droll. The total cost estimate is just over $2,151,000, and the county has an Ohio Public Works Commission grant of $1,281,384.

Effective Friday (May 15), engineers with the Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works ordered the immediate and indefinite closure of the Fairmount Boulevard bridge for safety repairs.

Officials determined a hard closure was needed, with no local traffic between Chagrin River Road and County Line Road due to failure of bridge supports.

Police Chief Mike Cannon said county engineers found “missing concrete supports that could elevate the risk of cars or trucks crashing through the bridge” at certain points of impact.

Mention western expansion, and that normally conjures images of canvased wagons lumbering across the prairie or images of fur trappers in the Rockies. 

Few stop to think about one simple question: how were they going to survey and parcel that land? Property boundaries and land claims are still a big deal today, and there’s a reason why all four of the men on Mount Rushmore were trained surveyors. 

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Greene County Engineer’s Office has reopened Indian Ripple Road at Factory Road this Saturday.

The road was closed between Alpha Bellbrook and Upper Bellbrook roads and between Shaketown and Indian Ripple roads. These closures were because a digger derrick utility truck damaged the bridge on the night of Thursday, April 30. (This type of truck is often used for utility, telecom and construction work. It has a hydraulic boom and auger.)

The County Engineer and staff placed detours and did a preliminary assessment. Then, after the truck was removed on May 1, crews fully assessed the damage.