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HUBBARD The replacement of a bridge that was built during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency was dedicated Monday after the work was done last summer and fall.
Representatives of Hubbard city, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments and the Trumbull County Engineer’s Office took part in the ribbon cutting and dedication at the new bridge.
Mayor Ben Kyle said the nearly $1 million bridge work was an Ohio Department of Transportation project through the county engineer’s office with no cost to the city.
Construction costs were covered 80 percent from surface transportation block grant funding through Eastgate Regional Council of Governments and ODOT provided 20 percent.
HUBBARD The replacement of a bridge that was built during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency was dedicated Monday after the work was done last summer and fall.
Representatives of Hubbard city, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments and the Trumbull County Engineer’s Office took part in the ribbon cutting and dedication at the new bridge.
Mayor Ben Kyle said the nearly $1 million bridge work was an Ohio Department of Transportation project through the county engineer’s office with no cost to the city.
Construction costs were covered 80 percent from surface transportation block grant funding through Eastgate Regional Council of Governments and ODOT provided 20 percent.
YOUNGSTOWN Over the next several years, Mahoning County will put $40 million worth of effort into the Western Reserve corridor to improve traffic flow and aid economic growth.
During the annual “Good Morning, Mahoning County” session with the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber on Friday, county engineer Pat Ginnetti said orange barrels associated with the various projects should be looked at in a positive way.
“When you see orange barrels, don’t look at it as a negative. That means growth,” he said, referring to business that is anticipated to come to the area once traffic is improved.
He didn’t shy away from the fact it will be frustrating as roads are widened and sewer lines are installed.
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Feb 15, 2021
The first fruits of a settlement agreement between Ohio and General Motors are starting to come to bloom as part of job training efforts in the Mahoning Valley.
In an agreement struck after the automaker pulled out of Lordstown in 2019, breaking job creation and retention tax credit contracts, GM agreed to pay back about $40 million of the $60.3 million it had received in tax breaks to retool its former assembly plant in Lordstown. Of that, $12 million was dedicated for use in the Mahoning Valley.
As part of the negotiated agreement to make up for that loss, GM committed $5 million to Youngstown State University for workforce development in partnership with Eastern Gateway Community College and funding to create the YSU Energy Storage Innovation and Training Center.