2014 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF ROADS, BRIDGES & CULVERTS IN RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO Richland County Engineer, Thomas E. Beck, P.E., P.S.

Transcription

1 2014 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF ROADS, BRIDGES & CULVERTS IN RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, Thomas E. Beck, P.E., P.S. Issue No. 24 April 2015 Engineer s Message... I file this report annually in accordance with Ohio law and in order to give the County Commissioners and the public an overview of the departments work activities for I am also listing many of our projects for 2015 and In 2014, this department saw seven (7) bridges replaced and over 43 miles of highways leveled and seal coated. Adam Gove, P.E., P.S., Chief Deputy Engineer & Thomas E. Beck, P.E., P.S., Richland Co. Engineer s Office 77 N. Mulberry Street Mansfield OH Tax Map Office Courthouse 50 Park Avenue East Mansfield OH Richland Co. Highway Garage Road Superintendent, Greg Bush Asst. Road Supt., Jon Dickinson Terry Rhoades, Garage Foreman Kim Gosser, Bridge Foreman 395 N. Main St. Mansfield, OH Bellville Outpost Mike Schuster, Foreman 156 East St. Bellville, OH Shiloh Outpost Steve Pore, Foreman 35 N. Walnut St. Shiloh, OH Richland County s partnership with the Ohio Department of Transportation is responsible for the Five Points East Road bridge replacement. Thank you Ohio Department of Transportation Director, Jerry Wray, and District Deputy Director, Alan Biehl, for your most valuable assistance. We expect to replace 9 more important bridges under this program in the next two (2) years was a good year, but we would not have been successful without each one of our employees. We have 347 miles of highway and 359 bridges to upgrade or maintain, and each and every employee is important to performing the work necessary for carrying out everything from snow removal, building bridges, ditching, patching pavements and sealing highways. I expect 2015 to be another very busy year for the s Office. This report is prepared by the as directed by Section 5543 of the Ohio Revised Code. Thomas E. Beck, P.E., P.S. 77 N. Mulberry St. Mansfield, OH Thomas E Beck, P.E., P.S. Edited by Jim Lichtenwalter & Cindy Haskins

2 Page 2 How is the Richland County Engineer Funded? Setting new box culvert on Kastor Road April 2014 The County Engineer receives funding from a share of the Ohio motor vehicle fuel tax and from the Ohio motor vehicle registration fees. In addition, the County receives funding from the $10.00 Richland County motor vehicle registration fees. The County Engineer receives not one cent from property tax or permissive sales tax money collected in Richland County Revenues & Expenditures Motor Vehicle License $ 2,606, Payroll $ 2,175, Gasoline Tax $ 2,334, Fringe Benefits $ 865, Additional License Tax $ 932, Fuel and Utilities $ 354, Ohio Department of Transportation Funds $ 849, Road & Bridge Materials (includes salt & pipe) $ 800, Ohio Public Works Commission Funds $ 741, Other $ 223, Refunds & Reimbursements $ 10, Capital Improvements, Equipment, etc. $ 2,804, Miscellaneous Revenue, Amish Road Funds, Interest, etc. $ 64, Projected Carryover Carryover from 2013 $ 1,634, to 2015 $ 1,731, Total Revenue $ 9,174, Total Expenditures $ 8,955, G.I.S. Program The Geographic Information System is part of the County Engineer s office. Mark Johnson is in charge of the program. He performs the mapping of the county s overall infrastructure including highways, bridges, storm sewers, culverts, traffic signs, etc. This has become an important part of the county s maintaining records and planning process. Finished box culvert on Bellville-Johnsville Road August 2014

3 Issue No. 24 Page 3 s Major 2014 Projects Project Township Section Project Cost 1) Lucas-Perrysville Road Bridge Monroe CR $ 354, ) Garrow Road Bridge Butler TR $ 54, ) Bellville-Johnsville Road Bridge Perry CR $ 165, ) Shatzer Road Bridge Cass TR $ 243, ) Kaster Road Bridge Cass TR $ 205, ) Mock Road Deck Replace. Jefferson CR $ 51, ) Possum Run Road Bridge Worthington CR $ 69, ) Five Points East Road Bridge Franklin CR $ 456, ) Highway Sealing Project mi. $ 646, ) Highway Paving & Leveling Project $ 379, ) Pavement Marking $ 141, Grand Total ` $ 2,768, Traffic Control Signs Special Hauling Permit Richland County now issues special permits for loads and equipment weighing in excess of 80,000 pounds or are either over length, over width or over height. This permit applies to all county roads and many of the township roads. If a vehicle operator needs a permit from the Ohio Department of Transportation for state highways, the operator will need a permit from the with approval by the Commissioners to travel on county highways, etc. Jim Lichtenwalter, Deputy Engineer, is the contact person for these permits. In recent years, the Richland County Highway Department has replaced over 7,000 traffic control signs with new signs meeting federal standards for reflectivity, shape, size, background, etc. These signs also meet the requirements of the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which is necessary by law. A note about private signs. Private signs are prohibited on public highway right-of-ways. Private signs include real estate for sale signs, political signs, any type of business advertising signs, etc. These private signs can distract the motorists or interfere with the driver s line of sight and therefore are prohibited.

4 Page 4 s 2015 Projects The list below is our expected projects that we plan to complete this coming construction season (2015). Dates are approximate. 1-Pleasant Valley Road - Washington Twp miles east of Hastings-Newville Road Bridge replacement (March 2015), ODOT Project 2-Pleasant Valley Road Monroe Twp. 0.2 miles east of Moffet Road Bridge replacement (March 2015), ODOT Project 3-Bellville-Johnsville Road Jefferson Twp miles west of Mann Road Bridge replacement (Spring/ Summer 2015), ODOT Project 4-Hay Road Worthington Twp miles southwest of McCurdy Road Bridge replacement (Spring/Summer 2015), ODOT Project 5-Snyder Road Worthington Twp miles east of SR-97 Bridge replacement (May 2015) 6-Possum Run Road Worthington Twp. at Teeter Road Road realignment & drainage work (Spring/Summer 2015) 7-Rock Road Springfield Twp miles north of Springmill West Road and/or 0.19 miles south of RR tracks Bridge replacement (July 2015) 8-Hanley Road West Washington Twp miles west of US 42 Bridge replacement (Summer 2015) 9-Settlement East Road Sharon Twp 0.3 miles east of Hummel Road Bridge replacement (September 2015) 10-Bromfield Road Monroe Twp. at Malabar Farm State Park Bridge replacement (Summer 2015 or 2016) 11-Eby Road Weller Twp miles west of Franklin Church Road Bridge replacement (Summer 2015) 12-Benedict Road Worthington Twp miles west of Wilson Road Bridge replacement (Summer 2015) 13-Various Locations County Paving Program (June 2015) 14-Various Locations County Culvert Replacements (Various dates) New bridge deck on Lucas-Perrysville Road October 2014

5 Issue No. 24 Page 5 How much money is needed to catch up on the county highway system? There are 68 bridges currently in poor condition. It will cost approximately $250,000 per bridge or 17 million dollars to replace these bridges. Even with the help of some state and federal funds, it will take this county over 10 years or 3.4 million dollars of local funds to replace these bridges and, by that time, more bridges will have deteriorated and need to be replaced. The County has been Chip & Sealing highways, which is sometimes unpopular. There are 347 miles of highways in Richland County. If we were to pave 35 miles of highways a year (10 year cycle of resurfacing at $100,000 per mile), the cost would be about 3.5 million dollars per year for paving. We do not have a fraction of that much available for paving. Road leveling with chip & seal surface costs about $15,000 per mile, which is closer to what the County can afford. At this rate, the County needs over 1.0 million dollars for Chip & Sealing in order to maintain a reasonable five year cycle. In most cases, the County doesn t have these kinds of funds available today, nor do we see it being available in the foreseeable future. Ohio Utilities Protection Service Ohio law requires that everyone must contact OUPS at at least 48 hours or no more than 10 working days prior to beginning any excavation work, whether on public rightof-way or on private property. This applies to excavation for ditches, sewers, water lines, planting trees, foundations, signs and all other earth disturbing activities. The utility color codes for their markings are as follows: Before and after photos of the Marion Avenue headwall fall April 2014 Red - Electric line Yellow - Gas, steam or petroleum lines Blue - Water lines Green - Purple - White - Sewer lines Irrigation lines Location of proposed excavation Pay careful attention to this law! It might save your life.

6 Page 6 Bridge Maintenance Since Tom Beck took office in 1989, 205 bridges have been replaced or undergone major rehabilitations resulting in a like-new bridge. The remaining 83 bridges are in fair to good condition. That s the good news. The bad news is that there are another 71 bridges which need the same treatment during the next few years. The reason more bridges have not been replaced, of course, is because there is insufficient funding available to do this work. Consequently, approximately 71 of Richland County s bridges still are considered inadequate. Each of our 359 bridges is inspected annually (critical bridges more often) with results of the 2014 inspections shown below. Inspection standards are established by the State. BRIDGE STATUS AS A RESULT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION Condition Number of Bridges Percent (%) New, Good & Fair % Poor 69 19% Closed 2 1% We received this note along with several nice pictures from an appreciative family on Hanley Road.

7 Issue No. 24 Page 7 Engineering Office Thomas E. Beck, P.E., P.S. Employees of the Adam Gove, PE, PS Chad Coward, EI Wilma Marquis Jim Lichtenwalter, PE, PS Ursula Brennstuhl Sheri Myers Kevin Payne, PE, PS Mike Cecil Ben Perzanowski Chip Wise, PE Mark Johnson Kay Schroeder Rex Yarger, PE Tax Map Office Elaine Kiefer, Supervisor Jenny Thompson Trisha Conroy Highway & Bridge Dept. Greg Bush, Road Supt. Joe Cyrus Danny Montgomery Jon Dickinson, Asst. Road Supt. Jake Eyerly Andy Orewiler Kim Gosser John Flenner Trent Ruhl Cindy Haskins Gail Fulk Dave Seaman Steve Pore Mick Huber Boe Smith Terry Rhoades Richard Hursh Chad Swank Mike Schuster Danny Jarrell Bob Swank Gary Bevier James King Don Traxler Garry Bisel Willie Lewis Derrick Wallace Andy Burrer Pat McQuillen Mike Wilson Brian Cook Chuck Miller Mark Wright Pipe installation on Champion Road August 2014

8 THE BENCHMARK 77 N. Mulberry Street Mansfield OH To: Current Occupant or Presorted Standard U.S. Postage PAID Mansfield, OH Permit No. 29 Springmill West sewer project, April 2014 Garrow Road bridge was downsized to a culvert May 2014