ODOT seeks comment on planned project

ODOT information

LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 1, in compliance with the National Enviromnental Police Act, is seeking public comment a number of projects planned in the district next summer.

One project has been scheduled for Van Wert County, and it is an earthen side slope repair that includes several activities, including removing the existing guardrail, excavating the slope to a depth of about five feet at the edge of the shoulder to remove existing eroded areas, re-grade and re-vegetate the existing slope, add pipe draining, widen the paved shoulder, add a curb for the entire length of the guardrail, and add catch basins as necessary, with outlets at the bottom of the slope.

ODOT states that traffic will be maintained at all times during the project, which is scheduled for late summer in 2015.

Comments may be made by contacting Stacy Schimmoeller at ODOT District 1, 1885 N. McCullough Road, Lima, OH 45801, by phone at 419.999.6854 or by email at stacy.schimmoeller@dot.state.oh.us. Comments should be made within 15 days of the day this article was published.