Saturday, February 19, 2000
Green Twp. snags road money
State chips in $937,000 to fix three streets
BY LEW MOORES
The Cincinnati Enquirer
GREEN TOWNSHIP — The township will get close to $1 million in state grants this year that will help reconstruct three streets by late 2001.
The two grants are from the Ohio Public Works Commission. Called State Capital Improvement Program (SCIP) grants, they are strictly intended to help communities with infra structure work.
The grants are for work on Perinwood Lane, Spechtview Drive and Moonridge Drive.
Generally, the grants help fund projects that communities would not otherwise be able to afford.
“The SCIP program is a wonderful program,” said Trustee Bill Seitz. “It provides for local people making local decisions.”
Green Township is one of 19 communities in Hamilton County that will receive close to $13.3 million in state grants and loans this year. SCIP money is generated by bonds issued by the state.
The money is allocated to counties according to population, then divvied up to communities by an integrating committee made up of local officials.
The two grants the township is getting, totaling more than $937,000, will pay for street reconstructions that will cost $1.2 million. The township makes up the difference.
Fred Schlimm, township superintendent of roads, said the smaller of the two projects involves replacing the pavement on Perinwood Lane and Spechtview Drive, “building a new roadway from the base up.”
Curbs and gutters will be upgraded, where needed, on those two residential streets.
The township will receive a SCIP grant of almost $221,000 toward the $315,000 reconstruction project. Work could start this summer, with completion expected in December, Mr. Schlimm said.
The second project, a reconstruction of Moonridge Drive, is more costly.
The project cost is $895,000, and a grant of more than $716,000 will be awarded. Mr. Schlimm said the work will involve a complete reconstruction of the road, including curbs and gutters, as well as rebuild ing the catch basins.
“It's one of our busier streets,” said Mr. Schlimm, even though it is residential. “So it presents some logistical problems.” Work will begin on that street next year, with completion expected by December 2001.
The township has an annual road budget of about $1 million, which includes about $800,000 from a road levy. So the state grants help.
“SCIP has been very good to us,” Mr. Schlimm said.
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