Gregory W. Huffman, Public Works Manager, defines the term “Road Construction” as a temporary inconvenience creating long term improvement.  I am very pleased to announce that the Sylvania Township Trustees and the Lucas County Engineers Office have scheduled numerous projects for the area starting in April and completing later this summer or fall.  Collectively, these projects are estimated at several millions of dollars.  The projects consist of road resurfacing and drainage improvements; and range from residential, commercial, and main arterial roadways…this mean plenty of orange barrels! 

The key purpose of our resurfacing program is to maintain the Township and county roadway system of 160.27 miles of roads.  Our primary objective is to achieve a reliable transportation infrastructure system to facilitate public safety, commerce and public convenience.  Additional goals include the preservation of our neighborhoods, property values, community and quality of life.  Due to the current tough economic times, many communities throughout our region had no choice but to forfeit road resurfacing this year.   With this in mind, our Township’s Public Works Department, urges all motorists to understand that while road construction work zones are bothersome, we are very fortunate to have available funds to execute these projects.

 

1.  Residential Road Resurfacing: The Township’s residential road resurfacing program swings into full gear during the spring and will continue throughout the summer and fall seasons.  Funding for this work is provided by the capital improvement fund; there are no assessments to property owners. This project consists of several miles of milling and resurfacing with minor base repair and other related work during the summer of 2012:

 

Bainbridge	Corey Road to Skelly Road
Skelly Road	Saddlecreek Road to dead-end
Saddlecreek Road	Whiteford Road to Skelly Road
Springwater Drive	Central Avenue to Thornbrough Drive
Stoneleigh Drive	Central Avenue to Thornbrough Drive
St. James Woods Blvd	Bancroft Road to Regents Park
Cloister Road	Wimbledon Park to east cul-de-sac
Apsley Blvd	Bancroft Road to Cloister Road
Cotswold Drive	Regents Park to Shooters Hill Road
Shooters Hill Road	Sequoia Road to Shieldwood Road
Shieldwood Road	All
Kristi Lynne	All
Bowood Road	All

 

2.  McCord Road Widening Project: McCord Road between Regents Park and Central Avenue is scheduled for widening to 3-lanes in 2012.  We hope the construction will start in April and finish by November.

 

3. Whiteford Road Resurfacing Project: Whiteford Road between Sylvania Avenue and Monroe Street is scheduled for resurfacing during the spring / summer of 2012.

 

4. Centennial Road Resurfacing Project: Centennial Road between Sylvania Avenue and Brint Road is scheduled for resurfacing during the summer of 2012.

 

5. Laskey Road and Whiteford Road: Both roadways are scheduled for drainage improvement during the spring and summer of 2012.