STATE PROVIDES ORANGE BARREL UPDATE FOR LICKING COUNTY

The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced planned maintenance and improvement projects in Licking County for this year. It includes some $51-million for state highway resurfacing, $32-million for bridge work and $7.5-million for general maintenance such as striping and guardrail repair. Projects include… Completion of the $9.2-million Route 16 Cedar Street bridge project in east Newark The $489-thousand Route 62 project in Johnstown to make access to the Industrial Park much safer by adding turn lanes and signals. A $7-million widening and reconstruction of the bridge deck over I-70 at State Route 158. A $216-thousand replacement project of culverts on State Route 310 in Pataskala. Completion of the $4.2-million widening and center divider project on State Route 79 in Heath in the business district. A $985-thousand bridge replacement project on Hopewell Drive in Heath. In Newark a $4.3-million widening and resurfacing of Country Club Drive including an intersection upgrade. And a $1.4-million resurfacing of West Main Street and Granville Road in west Newark.