COUNTY PLANNING STAFF ENHANCE NEWARK ROAD UPGRADE PLANNED FOR 2013

A team from the Licking County Planning Department, led by Director Jerry Newton, was successful is gaining a quarter of a million dollars in funding to add handicapped accessible sidewalks and new pavement of the 30th Street rail crossing in west Newark. This will be paid for by the Ohio Central Railroad and the State Rail Commission, and is in addition to a $1-million repaving and improvements of 30th Street from Newark to Heath planned for 2013.