Chardon Township Embarks Historic Paving Project
Chardon Township residents can expect to see significant construction this summer as crews make their way through a lengthy list of road repairs.
Chardon Township residents can expect to see significant construction this summer as crews make their way through a lengthy list of road repairs.
Nine roads — Foxwood Drive, Cherry Hollow Drive, Hickory Hollow Drive, Oak Hollow Drive, Stratford Ridge Lane, Eden Park Drive, Clark Road, Hosford Road and Courtney Court — were included in a $57,000 crack seal proposal from GT Contracting, Road Superintendent Zack Sipan said.
The township had previously allocated $62,500 for the projects, he added.
These will be later-season projects, as many of the roads in question will require grinding before they are sealed, Sipan said.
“The whole Cherry Hollow development needs partial depth repair,” he added.
Trustees passed a motion for the crack sealing unanimously.
Bids have also opened on the core roads the township wants to repave this year, Trustee Michael Brown said.
The county’s project estimate was $1.52 million for asphalt resurfacing work encapsulating Hermitage, Griswold, Robinson and Pearl roads, Sipan said.
The Geauga County Engineer’s Office is currently evaluating bids, Brown said, adding work should commence in late July or early August.
Little Mountain Road is also currently undergoing work and looks good so far, Sipan said.
“We’ll have five roads paved this year,” Brown said.
In the history of Chardon Township, there have never been five roads paved in any given year, Trustee Tim McKenna added.
McKenna also urged residents who may be anxious about when their road will be repaved to be patient.
“We’ve got five years to play with here,” he said. “This is what happens when you don’t have funding for 24 years and you have to play catch-up.”
