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YOUNGSTOWN A nearly $16 million improvement project to numerous downtown and nearby streets will begin this spring.
The city’s board of control approved a $15,791,100 contract Thursday with Marucci and Gaffney Excavating Co. of Youngstown for the work. The other bid of $18,350,100 was submitted by S.E.T. Inc. of Lowellville.
The city’s estimate for the work was $18,390,500.
The contract runs through 2023.
Projects this year include paving Fifth Avenue from the Madison Avenue Expressway to Park Avenue, Park Avenue from Fifth Avenue to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, and Phelps Street from Federal Street to the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre.
In 2022, Front Street from Vindicator Square to South Avenue will be addressed.