{"id":168990,"date":"2023-08-15T03:43:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T08:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=168990"},"modified":"2023-08-15T03:47:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T08:47:04","slug":"city-approved-for-a-pair-of-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/08\/15\/city-approved-for-a-pair-of-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert approved for a pair of grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday night\u2019s meeting of Van Wert City Council wasn\u2019t completely contentious (see story above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming delivered some good news \u2013 the city has been awarded a pair of grants for future projects. One of those is for improvements to the intersection of N. Washington St. and Bonnewitz Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jay-Fleming-8-14-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168992\"\/><figcaption>Jay Fleming<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBelieve it or not it falls under an emissions grant that helps us clean the environment because if we make that intersection more efficient cars won\u2019t be built up so long,\u201d he explained. &#8220;We\u2019re going to do a lot of work with signalization and some driveway closures to make that Bonnewitz area flow better. It will help traffic moving to Walmart and U.S. 30.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other grant will fund a Fox Rd. walking path that will go from the water plant to Taco Bell. Both projects are scheduled for 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other business, council members approved a Community Reinvestment Area agreement with Slusher Jewelry for the future site of Bigby Coffee, and council members heard the second reading of Downtown Redevelopment District legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three \u201cthen and now\u201d invoices were approved by council \u2013 one to the Ohio EPA $4,634.43 for surface water programs and a pair of invoices to CSX for burrowing under the railroad on Leeson Ave, for water and sewer lines, each for $3,700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Monday night\u2019s meeting of Van Wert City Council wasn\u2019t completely contentious (see story above). Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming delivered some good news \u2013 the city has been awarded a pair of grants for future projects. One of those is for improvements to the intersection of N. Washington St. and Bonnewitz Ave. \u201cBelieve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 13:32:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169005,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168990\/revisions\/169005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}