{"id":6355,"date":"2011-04-14T03:38:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T08:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2011-04-15T04:24:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T09:24:36","slug":"6355","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/04\/14\/6355\/","title":{"rendered":"ODOT kicks off new construction season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ODOT-construction-map-layout-4-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"377\" \/>LIMA \u2013 Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) officials from District 1 in Lima announced a total of 46 projects totaling $63,996.996 will be constructed this year in the eight counties it oversees.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 2011 projects, Van Wert County will see construction on seven projects totaling $14,640,006 second highest for this year, with only Allen County\u2019s 15 projects totaling $19.7 million higher. Projects in Van Wert County include the Shannon Street reconstruction project, which was partially delayed from last summer. That project, which will cost nearly $5.5 million, is also the most expensive in the county.<\/p>\n<p>Other projects scheduled for this year in Van Wert County include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Repaving U.S. 30, from U.S. 224 to Lincoln Highway; length 4.74 miles; cost $3.1 million.<\/li>\n<li>Repaving U.S. 30, from Middle Point Road to Lincoln Highway in Van Wert, Allen and Putnam counties; length 7.38 miles; cost $2.6 million.<\/li>\n<li>Resurfacing U.S. 127 from U.S. 30 to U.S. 224 split, and U.S. 224, from U.S. 127 to the Putnam County line; length 11.08 miles; cost $1.3 million.<\/li>\n<li><!--more-->\n<figure id=\"attachment_6360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6360\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6360 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ODOT-construction-kickoff-2011-Kaseman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"263\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Kaseman, ODOT District 1 production administrator, provides highlights of the 2011 road construction season during a kickoff meeting held Tuesday in Lima. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Resurfacing Ohio 49, from U.S. 33 to Ohio 81, and Ohio 81, from Ohio 49 to U.S. 127; length 11.1 miles; cost $1.1 million.<\/li>\n<li>Resurfacing Lincoln Highway, from Middle Point-Wetzel Road to Ohio 66; length 5.8 miles; cost $1 million.<\/li>\n<li>New concrete bridge overlay on bridge deck for a bridge over Town Creek on Ohio 118; cost $141,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the $14.6 million in Van Wert County projects, ODOT will fund $8.1 million while local government will pay out $6.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Kaseman, ODOT District 1 planning and engineering administrator, provided some highlights on some multi-year projects in the district, including total reconstruction of two sections of Interstate 75 in Allen County that ODOT estimates would cost $149 million and run from 2013 through 2016, and the adding of a third lane in both directions and total reconstruction of a portion of I-75 in Hancock County, tentatively planned to start in 2016, that ODOT estimates will cost $200 million.<\/p>\n<p>Statewide, ODOT is ready to begin construction on nearly 700 projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOhioans deserve a reliable and predictable construction program, which provides them with the highest value for their investments,\u201d said ODOT Director Jerry Wray. \u201cThis year, we will deliver just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of the projects this year in District 1 are safety and preservation projects, rather than expansion projects, said District 1 Deputy Director Kirk Slusher &#8212; a trend he sees continuing into the future.<\/p>\n<p>ODOT officials are also asking motorists to use caution and slow down as they drive through the many construction work zones this construction season. In a report recently released by ODOT, date shows there were 5,038 crashes in work zones last year resulting in 1,909 injuries and 12 fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>The top three causes of work zone crashes are preventable, ODOT officials note. They include following another vehicle too closely, failure to control a motor vehicle and improper lane changes.<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-the-minute road conditions and details on highway construction projects in every area of the state, visit ODOT\u2019s website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BuckeyeTraffic.org\">www.BuckeyeTraffic.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor LIMA \u2013 Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) officials from District 1 in Lima announced a total of 46 projects totaling $63,996.996 will be constructed this year in the eight counties it oversees. Of the 2011 projects, Van Wert County will see construction on seven projects totaling $14,640,006 second highest for this year, [&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-6355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 18:27:53","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\/6355","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=6355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}