City of Urbana Infrastructure Improvements

Below is a list of recent, current and/or upcoming projects on the engineering docket; please contact the City Engineer at 937-652-4324 if there are any questions or concerns about these.

In 2017 the City of Urbana invested in a third-party study by Midwest Pavement Analysis and Design, LLC of every block of pavement within Urbana.  These blocks were each assigned a PCR (Pavement Condition Rating, 0-100 scale with 100 being a perfect pavement with no observable distress) by a person trained in that system.  Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) uses the PCR system to suggest treatments and schedules for their roads.  This list will assist in choosing streets to maintain or repave and corresponds to the streets where sidewalk, curb and gutter maintenance will be enforced. Access the PCRs here.  Streets being considered for paving in the next 5 years include at least portions of:

• Hill Street
• S. Kenton Street
• Windsor Avenue
• Henry Street
• S. Walnut Street
• S. High Street
• Gwynne Street (western end)
• Sara Street
• Freeman Avenue
• Nova Drive
• Eastview Drive
• Washington Avenue
• Finch Street
• Ames Avenue
• Crescent Drive
• Central Avenue
• Madison Avenue
• Maple Street
• Oak Street
• Eichelberger Drive
• Thompson Street
• Orchard Drive
• Hovey Street
  
  

Also, the following state or U.S. routes are planned:

• Monument Square (US 36/SR 29/US 68) and one block in each direction (2019)
• Scioto Street (US 36/SR 29) (2021)
• South Main Street and a portion of North Main Street (US 68) (2022)
  
  

2019 CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS
Each year the City bids out its concrete work with jobs ranging from pouring cemetery headstone foundations to restoring roadway cuts.  McGuire Farm and Excavating LLC has 2019's contract.

2019 PROJECT AGENDA
The City of Urbana will or has undertaken the following projects this year:

1. A sidewalk, curb and gutter replacement program has been completed for a least sections of S. Kenton Street, Bon Air Drive, Miller Drive, Rue St. Clair, Rue Royale and Rue St. Charles.  Property owners were sent letters starting in the fall of 2018.  Those who chose to hire a contractor wrapped up work by early June, 2019.  Strawser Paving Company, Inc. finished the rest of the work after that point in time, which totaled $38,276.18.  The City of Urbana had its own work mingled in, including curb ramps and alley approaches on the streets listed above.
2. North Oakland Street Curbs and Walks, Phase 3 has been completed, funded through a competitive Community Development Block Grant.  The project finished the remainder of the catch basins, sidewalks, curbs and gutters from Union Alley to just north of W. Light Street.  D.L. Smith Concrete LLC was awarded the contract and finished the job at a total cost of $288,800.40.  That full amount was paid through the CDBG program.
3. The Monument Square Roundabout Project, AKA US 36/US 68 Intersection Improvements, is a federally funded safety project to upgrade the roundabout to a modern roundabout, with curbed islands, better entry curves and a truck apron.  Pedestrian improvements such as refuge islands, curb bump-outs and push-button activated rapid flashing beacons will help walkers cross traffic more safely.  While the roundabout and surrounding one-block radius is torn up, water mains and services will also be replaced.  A 0% OPWC loan plus partial grant is funding that improvement.  Near the conclusion of the project, the entire one-block radius (US 36 and US 68) will be repaved. The project is currently underway, with R.B. Jergens Contractors of Vandalia having the lowest and best bid of $1,808,913.09.
   
   

2020 AND ON PROJECT AGENDA
The City of Urbana plans to undertake the following project(s) in the upcoming years:

1. Phase 2 Water Line Replacements will happen on Scioto Street, Finch Street, Crescent Drive and Ames Avenue starting in 2020.