Funding for the road construction projects come from several sources. 11:41 am, Jan. 20, 2021 ×
Tim Erickson
Roundabouts, shoulder widening and reconstruction of roads are just a few of the projects approved by the Douglas County commissioners at the Tuesday, Jan. 19, board meeting.
The commissioners approved the five-year construction plan presented by Tim Erickson, Douglas County Public Works director.
Erickson told commissioners that the plan is a tool used to manage funding for road and bridge projects. The plan, he said, is fluid and can change, especially in years 2023, 2024 and 2025. For the most part, the projects planned for 2021 and 2022 are set.
Funding for the road construction projects come from several sources including the gas tax which is state aid funding, the half-cent local option sales tax, local levy (property taxes), as well as federal funds and grants, among others.
HUBBARD City council on Tuesday approved pay increases for elected officials to begin in 2022.
Hubbard Mayor Ben Kyle said there has been discussion on making changes to the elected and nonelected positions slowly, noting this past year the community faced the coronavirus pandemic that caused economic hardships with job losses.
“This was a systematic approach to slowly adjust the salaries of these positions while having as least an impact on the budget as possible,” Kyle said.
Effective in 2022, city council members will see a $150-per-month increase, bringing their pay to $6,600 per year, and council president to $6,900 per year.
Other elected positions that will see an increase are the auditor by $500 per year to $50,000 in 2022, $50,500 in 2023, $51,000 in 2024 and $51,500 in 2025. The treasurer will see an increase of $100 per year to $10,000 in 2022, $10,100 in 2023, $10,200 in 2024 and $10,300 in 2025.
The Beacon
The Portage River Walk in Oak Harbor has been a community dream for more than two decades, and will finally become reality with a $500,000 grant announced in December. This drawing was created more than 20 years ago to promote the construction of a downtown river walk in the village.
Waterworks Park in Port Clinton has been a work in progress in recent years, providing attractive walkways and shoreline views of Lake Erie, including the new Port Clinton Lighthouse. (Photo by D’Arcy Patrick Egan)
BY D’ARCY PATRICK EGAN
Life along the Lake Erie shoreline and Portage River has always been enhanced by the beauty of those waters. In the years to come, it is just going to get better and better for residents and visitors.
City issues request for proposals to find streetscape project consultant
Rehoboth Beach has issued a request for proposals looking for a contractor to help lead the city through a streetscape project on Baltimore and Wilmington avenues. Shown here is Wilmington Avenue. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood January 19, 2021
A streetscape project for Rehoboth Avenue was completed in 2006. The city’s 2010 comprehensive development plan recommends a similar sprucing-up of the city’s two other commercial streets. Shown here is Baltimore Avenue.
This Cape Gazette story from June 2006 celebrates the completion of the Rehoboth Avenue streetscape project.
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Small Towns Provide Fertile Ground for Smart Urbanism
One Virginia town s complete streets transformation shows promise for active transportation interventions in small communities. January 10, 2021, 9am PST | Diana Ionescu |
The term urbanism brings to mind big cities and major infrastructure projects, but across the United States, small towns are quietly implementing complete streets projects that improve livability, mobility, and safety for their residents. In Hopewell, Virginia, the success of the city s recent push to improve outdoor recreation shows that small towns can practice urbanism too sometimes more effectively than larger cities where projects get bogged down in bureaucracy and held back by competing interests.