Project Requests - Dave Joyce

FY25 Appropriations Committee Community Project Funding Requests

Project Title: Cortland Safety Service Complex Construction
Amount Requested for FY25: $3,500,000
Intended Recipient: City of Cortland
Recipient Address: 400 N. High Street, Ohio, 44410
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project funding will be for the construction of a new Safety Service Complex, which will be used to house the Fire, Police, and Administration Departments. Additionally, the center will have a state-of-the-art training facility to train police, fire, and EMS personnel. When not in use for training, the space will be opened to the public, providing 24-hour access to computers, internet, and standard office supplies. This center will also be in partnership with Kent State, providing an opportunity for students and other members of the community to strengthen their ties.
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration

Project Title: Concord Township Fire Station
Amount Requested for FY25: $6,500,000
Intended Recipient: Concord Township
Recipient Address: 7229 Ravenna Road. Ohio, 44077
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project will replace Station 2 with a brand-new facility. The current station is not adequate for today’s standards, leading to increased safety risks for members of that community. Currently, the station is designed to accommodate four firefighters, an insufficient number when compared with the drastic rise in calls the station has received. In 2017, the Ohio Fire Chief’s Association assessed that the station needed to be replaced. The new station has already been designed and has features meant to prevent firefighters from being exposed to toxic chemicals and carcinogens.
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration

Project Title: Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Regional Crisis Stabilization Center Construction
Amount Requested for FY25: $2,750,000
Intended Recipient: Signature Health
Recipient Address: 7232 Justin Way Mentor, Ohio, 44060
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project funding will be for the construction of a tri-county crisis center, serving Lake, Ashtabula, and Geauga counties. This crisis center would be used to address the ever-growing opioid and mental health crisis, and a regional needs analysis for the 400,000 plus people living across the three counties concluded this crisis center is needed. The facility would have two programs. One program would provide short term intensive treatment in a 23-hour observational room, where patients can directly address their current crisis, and then develop a long-term plan. The second program would provide a 16 bed, 7-day acute residential treatment program offering detox, medication assisted treatment, psychiatry, and counseling. Instead of continuing to overburden hospitals, this facility would provide a space for people seeking addiction and mental health treatment, allowing them to address their problems in the short and long term.
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration

Project Title: Orwell Volunteer Fire Department Ladder Truck
Amount Requested for FY25: $1,500,000
Intended Recipient: City of Orwell
Recipient Address: 72 E Main St, Orwell, OH 44076
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project funding will be for the acquisition of a new Ariel Ladder Truck for the Village of Orwell Volunteer Fire Department. Their current truck from 1991 has logged over 4,800 hours of service and is well past its prime and is no longer dependable. The fire department serves an area of about 50 square miles, including Orwell township, the Village of Orwell, and Colebrook Township. The Village has received numerous support letters for this project from local businesses, industries, and Grand Valley Schools.
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration

Project Title: University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center (UH Geneva) Emergency Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Modernization
Amount Requested for FY25: $1,402,500
Intended Recipient: University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center
Recipient Address: 870 W Main St, Geneva, OH 44041
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project funding will be for the purchase of one CT scanner and one MRI unit. UH Geneva serves communities within a 20 plus mile radius, and it is federally designated as a Critical Access Hospital. The hospital relies heavily on the use of CT imaging, serving multiple communities, such as Ashtabula, Madison, Perry and Saybrook. Having the most advanced and updated CT scanner will help treat patients at risk of complications and death from a stroke. Their current MRI unit is approaching its end of service after 18 years of use. This updated unit would have shorter scan times, reduced noise, and increase patient comfort.
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration

Project Title: Lake County Public Safety Center Technology Enhancements
Amount Requested for FY25: $7,000,000
Intended Recipient: Lake County
Recipient Address: 105 Main St., Suite A513, Painesville, Ohio 44077
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The investment in state-of-the-art electronics in the Lake County Public Safety Center is critical to the safety of our front-line employees of the facility, general public and individuals in the custody of the Lake County. This includes the jail management system, cameras/surveillance, access control and general communications. These provisions were not included in the original design of the current facility which created operational challenges for the Sheriff’s Office. Installing current technology will provide a safe working environment for approximately 250 employees.
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Mentor Shoreline Stabilization
Amount Requested for FY25: $1,750,000
Intended Recipient: City of Mentor
Recipient Address: 8500 Civic Center Boulevard, Mentor, Ohio 44060
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The existing Mentor Lagoons shoreline consists of rapidly eroding bluff and nearshore downcutting along over 5,000 feet of the total shoreline. This funding will allow for the planning and design of the shoreline and nearshore aquatic habitat improvements along the western 5,000 linear feet of shoreline, as well as support refinements to the type and quantity of aquatic nearshore habitat along Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve shoreline.
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Ashtabula Harbor Dredging
Amount Requested for FY25: $1,600,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps, Buffalo District
Recipient Address: 1776 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York, 14207
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This funding (in addition to the funding including in the President’s FY25 Budget Request) is necessary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete dredging and alternatively place dredged material in adherence to the State of Ohio’s water quality laws. Ashtabula Harbor is critical to the Great Lakes region’s economy, receiving important commodities for the region including coal, iron ore, aggregates, limestone, ores, and minerals. According to USACE, waterborne transportation facilitated by the harbor supports $171.4 million in business revenue, 783 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $55.6 million in labor income. Commodities handled by the harbor support $6.2 billion in business revenue, 32,621 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $1.7 billion in labor income. This funding to support dredging in Ashtabula Harbor will ensure that dredging can continue in compliance with the new Ohio open lake placement ban which was put in place to protect water quality in Lake Erie.
Subcommittee: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies

Project Title: Fairport Harbor and Grand River Dredging
Amount Requested for FY25: $27,372,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps, Buffalo District
Recipient Address: 1776 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York, 14207
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This funding (in addition to the funding including in the President’s FY25 Budget Request) is necessary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete dredging and alternatively place dredged material in adherence to the State of Ohio’s water quality laws. This Fairport Harbor is a deep draft commercial harbor. Dredging will allow for continued commercial traffic and safe navigation for commercial vessels. According to USACE, waterborne transportation facilitated by the harbor supports $71.8 million in business revenue annually, supporting 315 direct, indirect, and induced jobs that generate over $24.2 million per year in labor income to the transportation sector. USACE also estimates that commodities handled by the harbor support $371.2 million in business revenue, 1,933 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $103 million in labor income.
Subcommittee: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies

Project Title: Andover Village Water Tower Rehabilitation
Amount Requested for FY25: $604,000
Intended Recipient: Andover Village
Recipient Address: 1876 State Route 46, Jefferson, Ohio 44047
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The Village of Andover seeks to rehabilitate the existing four-legged, 250,000-gallon water tower, which provides the main source of drinking water to over 500 community members, businesses, and fire departments. Continued deterioration of the water tower would lead to water contamination, which would have serious public health consequences and ultimately result in a costlier project to fix the tower and decontaminate the water supply in the future.
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Ashtabula County Water Infrastructure Extension
Amount Requested for FY25: $1,488,000
Intended Recipient: Ashtabula County
Recipient Address: 25 West Jefferson Street 2^nd Floor, Jefferson, Ohio, 44047
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The funding will support the design and construction of an extension of water infrastructure 10,300 feet to eliminate a dead-end in the distribution system, thus improving both water quality and system resiliency. Currently, there is no interconnection between the two corridors, therefore should a break occur in either of these two lines, the areas served beyond would be without water. This project will ensure continued service to the townships of Austinburg, Harpersfield, Rome, Saybrook, the Village of Rock Creek, and the City of Geneva.
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Fairport Harbor Village Water System Upgrade
Amount Requested for FY25: $929,000
Intended Recipient: Fairport Harbor Village
Recipient Address: 220 Third Street, Fairport Harbor Village, Ohio 44077
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The funding will support costs associated with the secondary interconnection of a project to regionalize the Village’s water system with its neighboring community to allow for a secondary source of water to serve in an emergency and create a back-up connection point. Fairport Harbor Village is struggling to meet Ohio Environmental Protection Agency compliance requirements of the operations of their water treatment plant. The solution to regionalize their water system, through an agreement with the City of Painesville, for the purchase of water to the Village’s distribution system, will allow the community to comply with clean water standards. The secondary interconnection is the final phase of a multiple capital project effort to complete the regionalization.
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Kirtland Sanitary Sewer Extension
Amount Requested for FY25: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: City of Kirtland
Recipient Address: 9301 Chillicothe Road, Kirtland, Ohio 44094
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The City of Kirtland seeks to expand sanitary sewers to the intersection of Chillicothe Road (State Rt. 306) and Chardon Road (U.S. Route 6) to facilitate the transition of over 60 residential and commercial properties from septic systems to the County’s sewer system, to facilitate compliance with state and federal environmental standards.
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Niles Sanitary Detention Pump Station Improvements-Phase 3
Amount Requested for FY25: $600,000
Intended Recipient: City of Niles
Recipient Address: 34 West State St. Niles, OH 44446
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The funding would be used for the completion of Phase 3 of the city’s sanitary detention pump stations improvement projection. The project would provide a reliable and safe sanitary system to the citizens of the City of Niles, and it would allow for improved health, safety, and welfare to the city by mitigating residential sanitary back-up during heavy rain events. The completion of this project will also aid in reducing overall stress on the city’s wastewater treatment plant, allowing for a well-managed and maintained facility that will stabilize sewer rates.
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport Runway Rehabilitation
Amount Requested for FY25: $5,000,000
Intended Recipient: Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG)
Recipient Address: 1453 Youngstown Kingsville Rd. Vienna, OH 44473
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The funding would be used for the completion of the final phase of the airport’s runway rehabilitation project, focusing on runway 5/23. The airport is an important asset to the region, providing over $150 million in annual economic impact to the community. The asset is also critical to the sustainability of the Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), its 1,900 employees, and its contribution to the regional economy as well as national defense.
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

FY24 Appropriations Committee Community Project Funding Requests

Project Title: Village of Lordstown Water Transmission and Distribution System Improvements
Amount Requested for FY24: $14,460,000
Intended Recipient: Village of Lordstown
Recipient Address: 1455 Salt Springs Rd., Warren, Ohio, 44481
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project will make improvements to the Village of Lordstown’s water distribution system by replacing the Village’s Pritchard-Ohltown Road Water Booster Station and installing a redundant 24-inch diameter waterline. The Village’s water consumption over the past 7 years has increased from approximately 300,000-gallons per day to near 6,000,000-gallons per day today, making these improvements important to continue to provide safe water for the community.

Project Title: McFarland Wastewater Treatment Plant – Headworks
Amount Requested for FY24: $5,000,000
Intended Recipient: Geauga County Department of Water Resources
Recipient Address: 12611 Ravenwood Dr., Suite 390, Chardon, Ohio, 44024
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project is the renovation and upgrade of the headworks building at the McFarland Wastewater Treatment Plant (MCF WWTP), which is located in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio. The headworks building will contain primary/secondary screening units, grit removal system, associated piping, and control panels. The secondary screening and grit units will provide sufficient capacity to screen the influent and remove grit for the design and peak flows to the plant, as well as the capacity to screen and degrit wet weather flows prior to equalization. Over the past 20 years, the system has experienced significant challenges adequately treating wastewater and cannot, at times, treat the flow when there are significant wet weather events (rainstorms, snow melt). This results in sewage influent bypassing most of the treatment works at times or providing low quality effluent into McFarland Creek. The McFarland WWTP is Geauga County’s largest wastewater treatment plant. It is designed to treat 1.8 million gallons per day and discharges to McFarland Creek, a tributary of the Chagrin River, which flows into Lake Erie. The renovations to the headworks at the WWTP will be a key component in resolving NPDES compliance violations and continue to help better protect the Chagrin River watershed and Lake Erie.

Project Title: South River Road Waterline Extension and Harpersfield Water Tower
Amount Requested for FY24: $4,292,000
Intended Recipient: Ashtabula County
Recipient Address: 25 W. Jefferson Street, Jefferson, Ohio, 44047
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project will construct an extension of the water main along South River Road, from State Route 534 in Ashtabula County to State Route 528 in Lake County, to provide adequate water supply to the residences and businesses in the area. With the extension of the South River Road water main, it is also necessary to construct elevated water storage to serve the area, and this project also includes the construction of a water tower. There is documented water supply and water quality issues in the project area, which this project would help address by bringing more of the community onto a municipal system.

Project Title: Geneva-on-the-Lake Maine Sanitary Sewer Trunkline
Amount Requested for FY24: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: Village of Geneva-on-the-Lake
Recipient Address: 4929 S. Warner Dr. Geneva, Ohio, 44041
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project will replace approximately 4,694 lineal feet of 18” vitrified clay pipe, which is the main sewer trunk line that was originally installed in 1973. This trunk line has documented ground water infiltration problems and has EPA-reported overflows. The Ashtabula County Health Department recognizes this project as important to public health and welfare. This project will help protect the water quality of Lake Erie and the health of the Geneva-on-the-Lake community by helping to prevent sanitary sewer overflows.

Project Title: Hiram Village Water Treatment Facility Upgrades
Amount Requested for FY24: $1,500,000
Intended Recipient: Village of Hiram
Recipient Address: Rosser Municipal Building, 11617 Garfield Rd., Hiram, Ohio
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The Hiram Water Treatment Facility draws water from multiple wells located near the facility and treats water to serves the village system consisting of 275 metered customers including residents, in addition to Hiram College, small businesses, churches, and a small industrial park. The facility was built in 1973 and last refurbished in 1998. Now, many plant components are at the end of their useful life and require repair and/or replacement to maintain a functional facility. This project would make water treatment facility improvements primarily consisting of replacing failed and failing systems and equipment, such as valves, meters, rusted piping, electronic controls, and replacing the chemical feed process, replacing the filter media, refurbishing wellhead #2 due to OEPA notices, and replacing well pump #1 due to age and failing condition.

Project Title: Kingsville Township Sanitary Sewer Improvements
Amount Requested for FY24: $3,283,200.00
Intended Recipient: Ashtabula County
Recipient Address: 25 W. Jefferson Street, Jefferson, Ohio 44047
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The Kingsville Sanitary Sewer project is the design and installation of a public sewer collection system in Kingsville Township in the area of the I-90 / State Route (SR) 193 interchange to service properties currently served by individual on-site treatment systems and help improve environmental conditions in the area. Several of the on-site treatment systems are known to be failing, or have other operational/regulatory issues, which could result in increased discharge of pollutants into Conneaut Creek. The interchange of I-90 and SR 193 sits directly adjacent to the Conneaut Creek, which is one of only four water bodies in Ohio designated a State Wild and Scenic River.

Project Title: New Hambden Volunteer Fire Department Station
Amount Requested for FY24: $6,757,500
Intended Recipient: Hambden Volunteer Fire Department
Recipient Address: 9867 Old State Road, Chardon, OH 44024
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: The Hambden Volunteer Fire Department (HVFD) requested funding for the construction of a new fire station building. The building housing the current station was erected in the 1940s and has several longstanding issues, including extensive water damage and inadequate ventilation. The building design is not conducive to the needs of a fire station, so a new station would help with efficiency and faster response times.

The current station is not ADA compliant, has only one make-shift shower, lacks needed storage space, and does not have gender specific sleeping quarters or restrooms. During the construction of the new fire station at a different site, the current station will remain fully functional and there will be no negative impact on the operational efficiency of the department.

Hambden Volunteer Fire Department (HVFD) was established in 1957 by a men’s club and has evolved into a 24-hour Fire and EMS protection service to approximately 4,700 residents. Last year, the department’s call volume was over 900, including over 350 EMS calls and over 80 structure fires. The main activities of the department are to provide fire and emergency service to residents and surrounding communities. The new building will provide additional space to accommodate all apparatuses with ease of entry and exit, help reduce fire response times, and improve recruitment.

Project Title: University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center (UH Geneva) Emergency Department Equipment ModernizationAmount Requested for FY24: $529,555
Intended Recipient: University Hospitals Health System
Recipient Address: 870 W Main St, Geneva, OH 44041
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: University Hospitals Health System requested funding to facilitate the purchase of advanced diagnostic imaging equipment as part of a larger effort to modernize the emergency department (ED) at University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center (UH Geneva). Specifically, these funds would be used to purchase a new nuclear single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT/CT) imaging system as well as two new ultrasound machines.

The improved ability of the hospital to provide the best and highest quality care to the community is a beneficial use of taxpayer dollars. Being able to provide necessary and lifesaving care close to home is important to local providers and patients, most of whom are residents of Ashtabula County and the surrounding area.

The UH Geneva ED continues to see increased utilization. From 2020 to 2022, patient visits to the UH Geneva ED increased thirty-seven percent. In order to accommodate the growing needs of the communities UH Geneva serves in the most technologically advanced way, updated equipment is needed. This new equipment will allow patients to receive the highest level of treatment at UH Geneva rather than having to be transferred to other facilities further away, often outside the county. New diagnostic imaging equipment will enable UH Geneva to provide the highest quality care and services to the Ashtabula County community. With new ultrasound technology available, a diagnosis can be made in seconds instead of hours, which results in improved patient outcomes.

Project Title: Madison Township Revetment
Amount Requested for FY24: $1,200,000
Intended Recipient: Madison Township
Recipient Address: 2065 Hubbard Road Madison, OH 44057
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: Madison Township is seeking funding to construct an approximately 1,100-foot revetment to address soil erosion, bank stabilization, and coastal zone management in the Bill Stanton Community Park along the shoreline of Lake Erie. Since 2000, an estimated two acres of the park have been lost to erosion. A repair was made to secure a 130-foot section of the bluff in 2022 but more revetment is necessary to continue to preserve the greenspace. The funding will be used to add additional armor stone along the bluff to prevent future lakefront erosion.

Project Title: Lake Erie Research Vessel
Amount Requested for FY24: $2,500,000
Intended Recipient: Ohio State University
Recipient Address: 1314 Kinnear road Columbus, OH 43212
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: Ohio Sea Grant and Ohio State University Stone Laboratory is seeking funding to purchase a new research vessel to augment ongoing monitoring and research efforts within Lake Erie and its connecting channels on harmful agal blooms, nutrient dynamics, emerging contaminants, coastal erosion, and the effect of dramatic lake level changes on coastal habitats.

Project Title: Fairport Harbor Dredging
Amount Requested for FY24: $4,500,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps, Buffalo District
Recipient Address: 1776 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York, 14207
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This funding (in addition to the funding included in the President’s FY2024 budget request) is necessary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete dredging and alternatively place dredged material in adherence to the State of Ohio’s water quality laws. The Fairport Harbor is a deep draft commercial harbor. Dredging will allow for continued commercial traffic and safe navigation for commercial vessels. According to USACE, waterborne transportation facilitated by the harbor supports $71.8 million in business revenue annually, supporting 315 direct, indirect, and induced jobs that generate over $24.2 million per year in labor income to the transportation sector. USACE also estimates that commodities handled by the harbor support $371.2 million in business revenue, 1,933 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $103 million in labor income.

Project Title: Ashtabula Towers Renovation
Amount Requested for FY24: $3,887,379
Intended Recipient: Community Opportunity Fund
Recipient Address: 144 Main Street, Cold Spring, New York, 10516
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: Ashtabula Towers is an elderly-designated affordable housing property located in downtown Ashtabula, Ohio, consisting of 202 units in a single 14-story high rise. The property was constructed in 1977 and most building systems are reaching the end of their useful lives. The towers will be undergoing a large renovation, which includes updating mechanical systems, the retrofit of existing failing and outdated air heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and associated asbestos abatement.

Project Title: U.S. Route 20 Euclid Avenue Resurfacing
Amount Requested for FY24: $4,630,150
Intended Recipient: Cities of Wickliffe, Willowick, and Willoughby
Recipient Address: OH-14
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project would fund the resurfacing of U.S. Route 20. This section of Road provides access to all surrounding Cities (Euclid, Willoughby Hills, Wickliffe, Willowick, Willoughby, and Eastlake) for emergency, recreational, hospitality, residential and local businesses. This project will help reduce the annual maintenance and repair cost of the sewers and roadway and support the economy, health of the community, and overall safety of motorists.

Project Title: Design Phase for Interchange at SR 44 in Painesville, Ohio
Amount Requested for FY24: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: City of Painesville
Recipient Address: 7 Richmond Street, Painesville, Ohio, 44077
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: This project would support the design phase of a full-access interchange at State Route 44 and Jackson Street in Painesville, Ohio. This new four-way interchange would allow for a reduction in traffic congestion, which would allow motorists to enter and exit State Route 44 in either direction and support the development of nearly 300 acres of land for new economic development opportunities.

Project Title: G.O. Community Development Corporation Roof Renovation
Amount Requested for FY24: $375,000
Intended Recipient: G.O. Community Development Corporation
Recipient Address: 3703 Station Ave., Ashtabula, Ohio, 44004
Financial Interest Certification
Project Description: G.O. Community Development Corporation has been a non-profit 501c3 organization since 1999. This organization provides training, food, clothing, household items, and other assistance to people in the City of Ashtabula and throughout Ashtabula County. G.O. Community Development Corporation is the former Thurgood Marshall public elementary school, which was constructed in the early 1950’s. As a result, the building’s roof is at the end of its useful life and is in need of extensive repairs and rehabilitation. This project will replace the roof on this community center, which will allow the center to continue to provide support to some of the most vulnerable members of the Ashtabula Community.

FY23 Appropriations Committee Community Project Funding Requests

Project Name: Conneaut Harbor Dredging
Request Amount: $450,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District
Recipient Address: 1776 Niagara Street Buffalo, NY 14207
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: This funding is necessary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete additional dredging in FY2023.

Conneaut’s international port is critical to the Great Lakes region’s economy, receiving important commodities for the region including coal, iron ore, aggregates, limestone, ores, and minerals. According to USACE, waterborne transportation facilitated by the harbor supports $171.4 million in business revenue, 783 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $55.6 million in labor income. Commodities handled by the harbor support $6.2 billion in business revenue, 32,621 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $1.7 billion in labor income.

This funding to support dredging in Fairport Harbor will ensure that dredging can continue in compliance with the new Ohio open lake placement ban which was put in place to protect water quality in Lake Erie. This harbor requires approximately 40,000 cubic yards of dredging every year to maintain the navigation channel.

Additionally, $200,000 of the requested funding will be used to initiate and complete Dredged Material Management Plans (DMMPs) consistent with Section 125(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020. Furthermore, $250,000 of the funding would be used for Engineering and Design to set up the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers repair fleet for future construction repairs to the Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater.

Project Name: Fairport Harbor Dredging
Request Amount: $200,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District
Recipient Address: 1776 Niagara Street Buffalo, NY 14207
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: This funding is necessary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete additional dredging in FY2022.

The Fairport Harbor is a deep draft commercial harbor which requires approximately 150,000 cubic yards of dredging every other year to maintain the navigation channel. Dredging the harbor will allow for continued commercial traffic and safe navigation for commercial vessels.

According to USACE, waterborne transportation facilitated by the harbor supports $71.8 million in business revenue annually, supporting 315 direct, indirect, and induced jobs that generate over $24.2 million per year in labor income to the transportation sector. USACE also estimates that commodities handled by the harbor support $371.2 million in business revenue, 1,933 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $103 million in labor income.

This funding to support dredging in Conneaut Harbor will ensure that dredging can continue in compliance with the new Ohio open lake placement ban which was put in place to protect water quality in Lake Erie. $200,000 of the requested funding will be used to initiate and complete Dredged Material Management Plans (DMMPs) consistent with Section 125(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020. Efforts will evaluate cost effective, technically feasible, environmentally acceptable methods to handle material dredged from the Federal Harbor.

Project Name: Hiram Workforce Office
Request Amount: $665,000
Intended Recipient: Hiram College
Recipient Address: 11715 Garfield Road Hiram, Ohio 44234
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: Hiram College has requested this funding to accelerate the launch of a workforce readiness program. This project would lead to the development of an Office of Workforce Development and Civic Engagement (OWDCE) housed on Hiram’s campus to help meet the urgent need for employees in northeast Ohio, the entire state, and the nation.

Data published by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the U.S. labor market is the tightest it’s been in over a decade, with 0.5 unemployed people for every one job opening as of March. That month, job openings reached a record high of 11.5 million, which means there were 5.6 million more open jobs than people looking for work.

The OWDCE would help address this gap by providing an array of new certificate and degree programs that directly respond to the upskilling and retraining needs of the Northeast Ohio workforce as well as other workforces throughout the state. The funding requested for this project would support the build-out of an 10,000 square foot space on campus to create a headquarters for the OWDCE.

Project Name: Building Resiliency in Ohio’s First Responders
Request Amount: $200,000
Intended Recipient: Ohio Fire and Emergency Services Foundation
Recipient Address: 450 West Wilson Bridge Road, Suite 150, Worthington, OH 43085
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: The Ohio Fire and Emergency Services Foundation requested funding to facilitate 16 International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Peer Support Classes across the state of Ohio, including two in OH-14. These classes provide peer-to-peer education trainings for firefighters and administrative staff working at fire departments to deal with mental health issues that arise on the job or from personal challenges that arise as a result of their jobs.

These classes would result in the training of 480 peer support members across the state of Ohio, with each IAFF region of the state gaining access to 60 peer supporters to serve all communities in the state.

A 2018 study by the University of Florida found that 32% of city and town-based firefighter respondents exhibited suicide risk. Another study of over 7,000 firefighters found that 65% of the respondents struggle with PTSD and 59% have had family or relationship problems as a result of their jobs. Providing this training is essential to addressing the high level of suicide risk, PTSD, and other mental challenges plaguing public servants in fire departments in Northeast Ohio and across the Buckeye State.

Project Name: Ashtabula County Medical Center Patient Care Tower
Request Amount: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: Ashtabula County Medical Center
Recipient Address: 2420 Lake Avenue, Ashtabula, OH 44004
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: The Ashtabula County Medical Center requested this funding to help construct, furnish, and equip a new, four-story 115,000 square foot patient care tower.

This requested funding would support the creation of a new and expanded Emergency Department, an expanded state-of-the-art surgical suite for both inpatients and outpatients, 55 inpatient medical surgical rooms, a new intensive care unit, and several other community resources.

According to a 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), almost two-thirds (63%) of adult residents went outside of Ashtabula County in the prior year for at least some of their health services. This project would provide rural residents of Ashtabula County and the extended region with expanded access to quality healthcare and improve the timely manner in which they are able to obtain critical healthcare services.

Project Name: Cleveland Clinic Eastern Region Forensic Nursing Construction and Equipment
Request Amount: $612,000
Intended Recipient: Cleveland Clinic
Recipient Address: 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: The Cleveland Clinic requested this funding to create a sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) program within the emergency department at Mentor Hospital. This project would provide quality, trauma-informed and compassionate care to victims of sexual assault, human and sex trafficking, domestic violence, elder abuse and neglect while also improving the quality of evidence collection.

There currently is no active SANE program in Lake County, creating unnecessary hurdles for survivors to receive an exam from nurses trained to detect, treat, and document injuries caused by an assault. The expansion of and improvements to SANE programs in Northeast Ohio are essential to ensuring access to SANE-certified nurses in our communities and improving care for survivors of sexual violence and other forms of abuse.

This requested funding would help create a specialized SANE-ready room that will be outfitted to fit the unique needs of survivors who require forensic nursing services. This funding would also help to cover the costs of enhancing the current SANE program in Cuyahoga County at Hillcrest Hospital and improving SANE services in Summit County at the Twinsburg Family Health and Surgical Center.

Project Name: University Hospital Jefferson Rural Health Clinic
Request Amount: $1,500,000
Intended Recipient: University Hospitals
Recipient Address: 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: University Hospitals requested this funding to renovate a building in Jefferson, Ohio to serve as a newly established Rural Health Clinic (RHC) for Ashtabula County.

This project would help alleviate several of the major rural risk factors for health disparities, including limited access to healthcare specialists, by creating additional jobs and aiding in the recruitment and retention of health professionals in the county, stabilizing access to primary care providers and expand specialized services for local residents, and providing additional healthcare options for more patients, including those from the southern area of the county.

Project Name: Assuring Access to Whole Person Healthcare
Request Amount: $100,000
Intended Recipient: Lake County Free Clinic
Recipient Address: 125 E. Erie Street, Painesville, OH 44077
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: The Lake County Free Clinic requested this funding to purchase medical equipment and upgrade technology needed to transition to its new facility, which will allow new and expanded service to the uninsured residents of Lake County and surrounding communities.

Specifically, the requested funding would support the purchase of necessary medical equipment, lab equipment, technology hardware upgrades, pharmacy and dental software, health education equipment, and a teaching kitchen.

Expanding this clinic is critical to providing residents in Lake County with access to medical care. Local studies indicate one in 11 northeast Ohioans are underserved for their healthcare needs, including more than 40,000 people in Lake County Free Clinic’s service area.

Project Name: Auburn Road Resurfacing
Request Amount: $1,200,000
Intended Recipient: Geauga County
Recipient Address: 12665 Merritt Road, Chardon, Ohio 44024
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: This funding was requested to resurface 4.20 miles of Auburn Road from Chardon Road (US 6) to Colburn Road (Lake/Geauga County Line). The project would consist of constructing surface and subsurface repairs, curbing, drainage inlet and guardrail improvements, and surface milling and resurfacing of the entire roadway.

The project is necessary as the roadway has deteriorated to condition of poor and is beyond its useful life. This roadway serves as a major collector route and an important link to US322, US 6 and I 90, and essential for regional mobility and safe commercial travel.

Project Name: Cuyahoga I-77 / Miller Road Interchange
Request Amount: $5,000,000
Intended Recipient: State of Ohio / City of Brecksville
Recipient Address: 12665 Merritt Road, Chardon, Ohio 44024
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: This funding was requested to complete the Miller Road interchange with I77. Currently, the interchange only provides a southbound exit and a northbound entrance ramp.

This project will improve access to a national freight system highway while supporting economic development. Not only will this project improve safety for vehicles, as it will reroute vehicles to roadways meant to handle heavier traffic versus local roadways, but it is also expected to assist the City of Brecksville with the development of 300 acres of nearby property. This interchange project will provide access to that land and is vital to future economic development, including attracting employers to the area.

Project Name: Washington Street Resurfacing
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Geauga County
Recipient Address: 12665 Merritt Road, Chardon, Ohio 44024
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: This funding was requested to improve 3.5 miles of roadway from Chillicothe Road (SR 306) to Bainbridge Road (CH 0011). The project will include surface and subsurface repairs, curbing, drainage inlet and guardrail improvements, and surface milling and resurfacing of the entire roadway.

This project is critical to improving the safety of travelers and residents of the County as these sections of Washington Street have an average daily traffic of 9000-10,000, and rank among the highest traveled segments of roads in the County and serve many commercial and community services.

Project Name: State Route 84 Resurfacing
Request Amount: $848,746
Intended Recipient: City of Wickliffe
Recipient Address: 28730 Ridge Road, Wickliffe, Ohio 44092
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: The City of Wickliffe requested this funding to resurface Bishop/Ridge Road (State Route 84) through the city limits. The project would begin at the Interstate 90 entrance/Exit ramp at Bishop Road and continue northeasterly to the Willoughby Corporation line near State Route 91.

This project is essential to the economic, health and safety areas for the Local and County Government as this section of road provides access to all surrounding Cities (Willoughby Hills, Wickliffe, Willoughby, Etc.) for emergency, recreational, hospitality, resident, and local businesses.

Project Name: Chagrin Floodplain Restoration and Protection Project
Request Amount: $2,323,000
Intended Recipient: City of Willoughby
Recipient Address: 1 E Spaulding Street, Willoughby, OH 44094
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: The City of Willoughby requested this funding to preserve and restore 185 acres along the Chagrin River. This area of the river currently has substantial streambank erosion and nutrient inputs which are contributing to sediment build-up threatening the Chagrin River’s aquatic life use and stability along State Route 84 and River Road.

The project would implement and meet many of the goals of the 2020 Ohio Nonpoint Source Management Plan, which is critical to controlling nonpoint sources of water quality impairment. These goals help ensure Ohio’s rivers and streams can continue to thrive and will contribute to improved quality of life for residents of Northeast Ohio.

Project Name: Old Town Sewer Project
Request Amount: $820,890
Intended Recipient: City of Kirtland
Recipient Address: 9301 Chillicothe Road, Kirtland, OH 44094
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: The City of Kirtland requested this funding to replace failing and failed septic systems that are leaching high levels of E-Coli into local storm drainage with a new sewer system. This Ohio EPA-mandated project is critically important to maintaining the health of residents and tourists alike, the Chagrin River, and ultimately Lake Erie.

Project Name: Geauga County Services Center Water System Upgrade
Request Amount: $520,000
Intended Recipient: Geauga County Board of County Commissioners
Recipient Address: 470 Center Street #4, Chardon, OH 44024
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: The Geauga County Board of County Commissioners requested this funding to provide a 50,000-gallon backup water storage tank and upgrade the ancillary water pumps and piping. Not only is this project essential to meet the demands of the new Geauga County Administration Building and other County Offices, but it also critical to patients and healthcare providers at University Hospitals Geauga Campus as an emergency source of potable water.

FY22 Appropriations Committee Community Project Funding Requests

Project Name: Conneaut Harbor Dredging
Request Amount: $2,464,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Conneaut Harbor, OH
Recipient Address: 929 Broad Street, Conneaut, OH 44030
Financial Interest Certification
Request Explanation: This funding is necessary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete additional dredging in FY2022. This additional funding to support dredging in Conneaut Harbor will ensure that dredging can continue in compliance with the new Ohio open lake placement ban which was put in place to protect water quality in Lake Erie.

Conneaut’s international port is critical to the Great Lakes region’s economy, receiving important commodities for the region including coal, iron ore, aggregates, limestone, ores and minerals. According to USACE, waterborne transportation facilitated by the harbor supports $171.4 million in business revenue, 783 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $55.6 million in labor income. Commodities handled by the harbor support $6.2 billion in business revenue, 32,621 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, and $1.7 billion in labor income.

Dredging the harbor will allow for continued commercial traffic and safe navigation for commercial vessels. Without sufficient funding to dredge in the harbor, commercial operators would be forced to light-load their vessels. USACE estimates that losses of between two and three feet of channel depth in this harbor may result in increased transportation costs of between $1,753,000 and $3,727,000 annually.

In the worst-case scenario, without the resources necessary to dredge, Conneaut would have to close its harbor to commercial traffic which would require rail or truck transport of commodities. USACE estimates that this may increase annual emission rates by over 33,118 tons of harmful particulate matter and increase costs by an estimated $7,414,000 due to increased railroad-related accidents, and an estimated $4,953,000 due to increased trucking-related accidents.

Project Name: Fairport Harbor Dredging
Request Amount: $3,695,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fairport Harbor, OH
Recipient Address: 220 Third Street, Fairport Harbor, OH 44077
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: This funding is necessary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete additional dredging in FY2022. This additional funding to support dredging in Fairport Harbor will ensure that dredging can continue in compliance with the new Ohio open lake placement ban which was put in place to protect water quality in Lake Erie. The Fairport Harbor is a deep draft commercial harbor which requires approximately 150,000 cubic yards of dredging every other year to maintain the navigation channel. The harbor was last dredged in 2019 resulting in removal of approximately 181,000 cubic yards of material.

Dredging the harbor will allow for continued commercial traffic and safe navigation for commercial vessels. Without sufficient funding to dredge in the harbor, commercial operators would be forced to light-load their vessels. USACE estimates that losses of between one and two feet of channel depth may result in increased transportation costs of between $538,000 and $1,239,000 annually.

In the worst-case scenario, without the resources necessary to dredge, Fairport Harbor would have to close its harbor to commercial traffic which would require rail or truck transport of commodities. USACE estimates that this may increase annual emission rates by over 14,072 tons of harmful particulate matter and increase costs by an estimated $3,150,000 due to increased railroad-related accidents, and an estimated $2,105,000 due to increased trucking-related accidents.

Project Name: Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study
Request Amount: $500,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Recipient Address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, 231 S. LaSalle St., Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60604
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: The Alliance for the Great Lakes requested this funding for the Great Lakes Costal Resiliency Study. Coastal resiliency is the ability of coastal areas to withstand, recover from, and adapt to disturbances and underlying stress. The study is a regional initiative of the eight  Great Lakes States, working in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, United States Geological Survey,  Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The study area encompasses over 5,200 miles of shoreline along the five Great Lakes and their connecting channels in the states of IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA and WI.

While this study has been authorized by Water Resources Development Act, it has yet to be funded. Investing in the resilience of the Great Lakes is critical to preventing coastal erosion, with the National Institute of Building Science found that every $1 spent on resilience can save $6 on disaster and mitigation costs. Rising and falling lake levels, the impacts of climate change, and ongoing infrastructure challenges along the Great Lakes coasts can cause serious problems. From erosion to property damage to natural disaster and other disturbances, coastal communities, ecosystems, and economies will need to improve resilience to withstand and adapt to these changes and challenges.

Coastal erosion continues to threaten OH-14 shoreline communities. Mentor, which has 3,300 feet of shoreline abutting its marina and Lagoons Nature Preserve, has lost more than 6 acres to erosion in the last decade. Beach, access trails, roadways and other coastal infrastructure have been lost or damaged.

To protect the immense economic, environmental, and social value of the Great Lakes shoreline, this study would identify areas vulnerable to conditions that contribute to hydrologic uncertainty. The study would recommend measures to bolster the coastline’s ability to withstand, recover from, and adapt to future lake level conditions and increased storm severity. Without such a study, federal, state, and local agencies would continue to address coastal vulnerabilities through a piecemeal approach and would lack the necessary information to support effective, efficient management decisions.

Project Name: Lake County Emergency Operations Center
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Lake County Board of Commissioners
Recipient Address: 105 Main St. Painesville, OH 44077
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: The Lake County Board of Commissioners has requested this funding to build an updated Lake County Emergency Operations Center in order for it to continue effectively serving as the region’s epicenter for critical communications and logistical support between federal, state and local law enforcement, safety services and disaster related functions. Expansion and improvements to Lake County’s Emergency Operations Center are essential to ensuring the constituents of OH-14 receive adequate emergency services.

The new facility would leverage traditional public safety responsibilities (Central Dispatch, Emergency Management Agency, Telecommunications Departments, amateur radio, etc.) with educational partners to create an opportunity for a mixed-use training facility. This portion of the facility will host all available Incident Command System (ICS), Center for Radiation/Nuclear Training (CTOS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) courses while being open to all public safety organizations in northern Ohio. Currently, only one organization can conduct a training in the Operations Center at a time. However, this funding would allow for expanded areas where multiple trainings can occur simultaneously.

Lake County is one of the highest populated counties in Ohio’s 14th Congressional District. The current Emergency Operations Center was designed in the late 1970’s and constructed in the early 1980’s, becoming operational 36 years ago, in 1985. Since then, the Emergency Operations Center has been a vital link in different emergencies providing support to on scene responders, working under unified command using the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Project Name: Ferry Drive Reconstruction
Intended Recipient: City of Ashtabula
Recipient Address: 4717 Main Ave., Ashtabula, OH 44004
Request Amount: $368,000
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: The City of Ashtabula has requested this funding to rebuild Ferry Drive, which is a critical access road in Ashtabula Harbor. Ferry Drive is currently extremely dilapidated, with significant potholes that hinder access for prospective and existing businesses.

For decades, public and private entities have worked hard to ensure the health and vitality of the Ashtabula River. Rebuilding Ferry Drive will facilitate greater access and utilization of the river and the businesses along its east bank. Once rebuilt, Ferry Drive will enable existing industry means of ingress and egress on a road that will not damage vehicles or endanger passengers. It will also foster additional tourism activity that is critical to providing a balanced economic future for Ashtabula Harbor and the surrounding region.

Ashtabula Harbor plays an important role in Northeast Ohio’s economy. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, commodities handled by the Harbor supports nearly 20,000 direct and indirect jobs and generates more than $3 billion annually in business revenue. Rebuilding Ferry Drive will ensure that businesses, tourists, and consumers can travel to their destination without concern to damage to their vehicle or for their safety. This project is critical to the continued revitalization of the Ashtabula Harbor and further growth of Ashtabula’s regional economy.

Project Name: Wastewater Treatment Plant Major Infrastructure Rehabilitation & SSO Elimination
Request Amount: $4,500,000
Intended Recipient: Village of Chagrin Falls
Recipient Address: 21 W. Washington Street, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: The Village of Chagrin Falls has requested this funding to complete a major infrastructure rehabilitation project for the Chagrin Falls Wastewater Plant.

This plant serves Chagrin Falls as well as portions of Bentleyville, Moreland Hills, South Russell, Russell Township and Bainbridge Township. The rehabilitation project will eliminate sanitary sewer overflows by enhancing plant capacity through modernized pumps and controls and an automated diversion system for high flows at an adjacent equalization tank. Replacing dilapidated plant equipment will expand the plant treatment capacity and reduce operating costs.

Once modernized, the plant will greatly improve sewage treatment capability to comply with all United States Environmental Protection Agency standards while keeping community sewage rates at an acceptable level.

Project Name: Willoughby-Eastlake Water Pollution Control Center Lakeshore East Equalization Basin
Request Amount: $5,840,000
Intended Recipient: City of Willoughby
Recipient Address: 1 Public Square, Willoughby, OH 44094
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: The City of Willoughby requested this funding to provide additional raw sewage capacity to its Willoughby-Eastlake Water Pollution Control Center.

The Willoughby-Eastlake Water Pollution Control Center serves many communities across Lake County, including Willoughby, Eastlake, Timberlake, Lakeline and portions of Willowick, Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Mentor, and Mentor-on-the-Lake.

This project will provide 1.35 million gallons of raw sewage storage capacity to the Center to ensure it is in compliance with SSO Elimination mandates and eliminate raw sewage overflows to the East Island area of the lower Chagrin River.

Project Name: Shamrock/Brookstone Waterline Extension and Capacity
Request Amount: $570,000
Intended Recipient: City of Painesville
Recipient Address: 7 Richmond Street, PO Box 601, Painesville, OH 44077
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: The City of Painesville requested this funding to install a 12-inch water main from Renaissance Boulevard along the Norfolk & Southern railroad tracks and under SR 44 to Shamrock Boulevard.

This water line is imperative for the redundancy and safety of the area’s drinking water affecting approximately 4,800 residents living and working in the area. It will also help meet the demands for future economic development purposes for Lake County, enabling approximately $400 million in new industrial and commercial investment. By increasing the capacity of water off Jackson Street, this project will ensure the area has the capacity to attract and serve new manufacturing facilities and job opportunities in close proximity to underserved populations.

Project Name: McFarland Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) Renovation & Upgrades
Intended Recipient: Geauga County Board of Commissioners
Request Amount: $800,000
Recipient Address: 470 Center Street, Building #4, Chardon, OH 44024
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: Geauga County has requested this funding to make necessary improvements and repairs to the McFarland WWTP to meet increased environmental protection regulations.

McFarland WWTP is Geauga County’s largest wastewater treatment plant. Located in Bainbridge Township, it is designed to treat 1.8 million gallons per day and discharges to McFarland Creek, a tributary of the Chagrin River which flows to Lake Erie and is a well-used recreation location by both the local community and tourists.

Out of all the 907 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitted wastewater treatment facilities in Ohio, McFarland ranks the third highest for the number of reported effluent water quality violations in the last three years. It is one of 21 facilities in the state which have been issued a formal enforcement action from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the last five years.

Due to its numerous NPDES permit violations, the County entered into an Administrative Order on Consent with the EPA, Region 5 (Chicago) on October 15, 2020 to make the necessary improvements and repairs to bring the plant into compliance by the end of 2023. Negotiations with an engineering firm to develop the plans and design are currently ongoing, with construction expected to begin in late 2022. The costs of this project will be considerable and the requested funding would be used to fund the planning and design of the renovation and upgrades to the plant.

Project Name: Munroe Falls Cuyahoga River Waterline Crossing
Request Amount: $1,040,000
Intended Recipient: City of Munroe Falls
Recipient Address: 43 Munroe Falls Avenue, Munroe Falls, OH 44262
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Explanation: The City of Munroe Falls has requested this funding to install a 12-inch waterline under the Cuyahoga River.

This waterline will provide a redundant river crossing that is critical to ensure adequate water service remains available for the north half of the City at all times.

The current crossing was intended only as a secondary line but unfortunately is serving as the only and primary crossing. As the current line ages, breaks and failures become more likely. Without the redundant crossing, the north half of the City may experience a prolonged interruption of water service while emergency repairs or replacements are being performed.

Surface Transportation Reauthorization Member Designated Project Requests

Project Name: Miller Road/I-77 interchange – Brecksville
Project Location: Miller Road, Brecksville, OH 44141
Project Sponsor: City of Brecksville, Ohio Department of Transportation
Requested Amount: $12,000,000
Financial Disclosure Certification
Project Explanation: This project will complete the Miller Road interchange with I77. Currently, the interchange only provides a southbound exit and a northbound entrance ramp. Not only will this project improve safety for vehicles, as it will reroute vehicles to roadways meant to handle heavier traffic versus local roadways, but it is also expected to assist the City of Brecksville with the development of 300 acres of nearby property. This interchange project will provide access to that land and is vital to future economic development, including attracting employers to the area.

Project Name: ATB531- Ashtabula
Project Location: Lake Road West, Ashtabula, OH 44004
Project Sponsor: Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)
Requested Amount: $2,400,000
Financial Disclosure Certification
Project Explanation: This project includes the study and design of a stretch of roadway (ATB531) between La Bounty Road and N. Main St. (SR193) in Ashtabula Township and North Kingsville, which is adjacent to Lake Erie. ODOT District 4 has been monitoring this area for many years and estimates that at the current rate of erosion, ATB531 will fall into Lake Erie in the next 15 years. This project will stabilize the roadway embankment to prevent the loss of pavement into Lake Erie. It is critical to securing the mobility of this important east-west connection network between the City of Conneaut and the City of Ashtabula.

Project Name: US 422/Harper Road interchange – Solon
Project Location: Harper Road, Solon, OH 44139
Project Sponsor: City of Solon, Ohio Department of Transportation
Requested Amount: $2,414,288
Financial Disclosure Certification
Project Explanation: This project will improve the existing US 422/Harper Road interchange with an innovative Diverging Diamond interchange. At least half of the employed workers in the City of Solon commute from outside of the City, making this interchange an important access point. This innovative interchange design includes a multi-use path that will link the industrial/manufacturing area of the city with the residential area north of the interchange and link to the Cleveland Metroparks. It will also reduce congestion related air quality issues while minimizing the project footprint to reduce significant costs needed for construction.

Project Name: SR283-Mentor
Project Location: Lakeshore Blvd, Mentor, OH 44060
Project Sponsor: Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)
Requested Amount: $3,148,000
Financial Disclosure Certification
Project Explanation: This project will widen Lakeshore Blvd (SR 283) from SR 306 to Brooks Blvd. SR 283 is currently two lanes wide and will be widened to three lanes with the addition of a center turn lane. SR 283 is a critical east/west corridor connecting the cities of Willoughby, Mentor and Mentor on the Lake. Significant congestion exists along SR 283 resulting in increased vehicular collisions. This project will remove turning vehicles from through lanes, resulting in less frequent stops and associated collisions. This will reduce strain on emergency responders and will provide more efficient access to the adjacent communities.

This project, which is roughly 3,700 feet in length, was identified in a City of Mentor study as necessary to reduce congestion along the corridor and is included in the current Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) long range plan. The project will also construct an eastbound to southbound right turn lane on SR 283 at the SR 306 intersection. This improvement was identified in two safety studies performed by ODOT and was found to be necessary to reduce collisions and improve safety at this intersection. This intersection appears on the State of Ohio’s list of “hot spots” for intersections with high numbers of collisions.

FY22 National Defense Authorization Act Community Project Funding Requests