Public Works

Work on the Boardman-Walnut Streets Safety Upgrade Project is underway, with efforts currently focused on waterline replacement.

Streets involved in this project include East Boardman Street, between Market Street and Walnut Street, and Walnut Street, between East Wood Street and East Front Street.

Save some minor landscaping work and sidewalk detailing around Ohio Edison utility access panels, construction on West Federal Street is now finished.

An unloading pull-out for Oh Wow, along Market Street, on the southwest corner of the Central Square, remains to be constructed.

Construction on East Federal Street, between Central Square and Champion Street, is still on hold, due to the ongoing demolition of the damaged Realty Building. Sidewalk, curbing, and pavement remediation work will be needed, due to damage from the gas explosion.

Now that major demolition work at 20 Federal Place has finished, construction has resumed on West Commerce Street, between the Phelps Street Gateway and Wick Avenue. Work is progressing on the south side of the street, which had been inaccesible during the building demolition work.

With the exception of the Phelps Street Gateway to Wick Avenue block, all of Commerce Street is open to traffic.

The decorative concrete crosswalks spanning Market Street are complete. Once fully cured, all north-south lanes of traffic will reopen on Market Street.

Paint markings are now being applied to the bi-directional bike lanes and landscaping improvements continue.