Street paving to begin in near future

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor

It won’t be much longer before street paving begins in Van Wert.

During Monday night’s meeting of Van Wert City Council, Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming said a pre-construction meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, with officials from The Shelley Company, the winning bidder of the $1.1 million street paving contract. Crews should begin working after that, most likely in early October.

More than a dozen city streets are on this year’s Van Wert street repaving list:

• S. Chestnut St. –  from Spencer St. to Main St.
• N. Chestnut St. – from Main to Trinity Friends Church
• S. Tyler St. – from Spencer St. to Main St.
• Greenewald St. – from Harrison St. to Wayne St.
• Maplewood Drive – from Ervin Rd. to Spencer
• S. Vine St. – from Spencer to Main
• E. Crawford St. – from Walnut St. to Wayne St.
• Cherry St. – from Greenewald St. to Gleason Ave.
• Biltmore Ave. – Woodland Ave. to the dead end
• Green St. – from Biltmore to Gay St.
• Gay St. – from Woodland Ave. to the dead end
• N. Franklin St. – approximately 420 feet north of Sycamore St.
• S. Walnut St. – from Hospital Drive to Ervin Rd. (chip and seal only)