State Route 103 paving project starts in May
Bluffton~Ac^a'not^a"cs next major project is paving of State Route 103. Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, informed Bluffton~Ac^a'not^a"cs council on April 26, that the project is expected to begin in mid-May, depending upon the weather.
Within the village, the paving includes:
~Ac^a'not^AcFrom Bentley Road overpass to Main Street and on to College Avenue.
~Ac^a'not^AcFrom North Main Street at Jefferson Street to the County Line Road.
(The downtown portion of State Route 103 was paved last summer during the streetscape project.)
A pre-construction meeting for the project was held April 20. Bluffton Paving Co., is the contractor for the project.
In other village business, it was reported that as soon as remaining utilities are disconnected from 150 and 136 Railroad Street, Don Snyder Excavating will demolish and remove those two houses.
The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership will meet in the town hall at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 19. Among topics on its meeting agenda include the monitoring of Riley Creek. According to Nancy Benroth, assistant village administrator, volunteers are needed for this project.
Benroth also reported that Bluffton~Ac^a'not^a"cs return rate on the 2010 U.S. Census is the highest in the area. The village~Ac^a'not^a"cs return rate on forms is at 87 percent. She said that census takers have visited Mennonite Memorial Home, Vance Street Apartments, Bluffton Arms Apartments and Bluffton University. However, Maple Crest has yet to be counted.
The village intends to install warning signs altering motorists of deer crossings along Augsburger Road and Grove Road. A sizeable herd of deer roams that outlying area of the village and has become a potential hazard to motorists.
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