Mayor says Savannah's 100-year-old sidewalks are posing a safety risk
Nine bids were opened for the Village of Savannah sidewalk project with Mayor Tom Kruse speaking about the importance of the project Thursday at the Ashland County commissioners meetings.
“We started the project 10 years ago,” Krusensaid. “A lot of our sidewalks are over 100 years old.”
He talked about the state of the sidewalks and the notion that with semi trucks on U.S. Route 250 in the middle of town, safety was becoming an issue.
“The sidewalks are so bad, you couldn’t walk on them,” he said.
The project will entail 11,488 square feet of sidewalk and over one-half mile of sidewalk construction.
“It is a big safety issue, obviously,” Commissioner Denny Bittle said.
The nine bids ranged from $109,523 to $180,685. Clerk Nikki Hiller said the project estimate was $139,680.
In other action, commissioners:
Concurred with travel requests for Hiller and Sherri Maneese for a CLCCA meeting and Treasurer Angela McQuillen to Columbus.
Entered into an agreement with the County Commissioners Association of Ohio for administration of the Workers’ Compensation Retrospective Rating Plan for Ashland County to help minimize expenses for large claims.
Authorized an advertisement to accept applications for the position of county maintenance superintendent until 4 p.m. April 15.
Commissioners will meet 9 a.m. Thursday in the Commissioner’s Conference Room on the second floor of the County Office Building. The meetings are open to the public. They are livestreamed on the Ashland County Government Facebook page.
This article originally appeared on Ashland Times Gazette: Ashland commissioners open bids for Savannah sidewalk repair project
