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County receives grant for Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road work

LISBON — The Ohio Department of Development announced Monday that the Columbiana County Board of Commissioners will receive $375,000 from the Roadwork Development Grant Program for the reconstruction and realignment of Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road.

According to the press release, the roadwork will consist of the reconstruction and realignment of 1,870 linear feet of Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road, beginning at the intersection of East Liverpool Road and continuing east to the previously completed section of Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road.

The press release said the estimated cost of the project is $1,853,399 and it will create five new full-time-equivalent jobs and improve safety in the area.

The county commissioners last month gave permission to county Engineer Bert Dawson to advertise for bids for the realignment project, with electronic bids set to be opened at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 29.

The engineer’s office has been working on a multi-phase project to rehabilitate County Road 430, which is known more commonly as Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road, with some of the previous work including eliminating a curvy section of the road just west of Vernon Dell Tractor, along with widening, curb and gutter improvements, and correcting horizontal and vertical alignments.

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