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observations I have. I hope that, you know, some of these things can be addressed because,
<br />you know, it's a main thoroughfare. That's all my comments.
<br />Mayor Jones:
<br />Mr. President?
<br />Council President Brossard:
<br />Mayor.
<br />Mayor Jones:
<br />Thank you, Mr. Hoyer, for your comments. I'm going to have our Service Director speak with
<br />you in a moment so that you can get even more information. But just to quickly address some
<br />of the things that I heard you say this evening, the Clague Road project is a county road project.
<br />So while that road sits, you know, within our city limits, the county is the one who handles all of
<br />the contractors. It handles their— it's on their timeline. Now, we did push up the construction
<br />of that force main pipe that went in last year, and that was because when the city was notified
<br />that the county was ready to do Clague Road, you know, at the end of last year and this year,
<br />we were trying to be efficient in trying to limit the amount of time that the residents who live in
<br />that area, and the commuters who go through there every day were going to have to live
<br />through, you know, various road projects. So we pushed up that pipeline project so it would be
<br />done and then that new road that was laid down would not have to be dug up again. The
<br />Service Director, like I said, can come over and speak with you more as far as, I guess, the
<br />thinking of the county as to some of this. But I will say that we will absolutely take another look
<br />at that intersection for you, and if there's anything that the city can do to at least alleviate some
<br />of the traffic concerns while it's going through this resurfacing, we absolutely will. But like I
<br />said, unfortunately, it is a county project, and so oftentimes we as the city find that our hands
<br />are sort of tied when it comes to things like why are the contractors just moving barrels around
<br />and not actually working and then to your question about Dover Center Road, that also is a
<br />county road. Yeah, we could not wait for the county to decide four years from now that they're
<br />going to finally come in and resurface just because of the deterioration that we saw over this
<br />past winter.
<br />Mr. Axel Hoyer:
<br />And again, I understand that, you know, because I drive all those roads. But, you know, that
<br />part from Lorain on the south side is just terrible, you know, and then it becomes concrete. So
<br />that gets another question is why is that concrete and this asphalt, you know, it just becomes
<br />these things that are very frustrating. And then, you know, when the commuters, it's not only
<br />going down Clague, but, you know, they're going to Walter Road or whatever and they're going
<br />through neighborhoods, you know, that means, you know, increased traffic, and it just doesn't
<br />seem very efficient, you know, in these days of hopefully better efficiency. So maybe I should
<br />go to a county meeting or something like that. But it's just we're better off having a sinkhole
<br />when it's an emergency.
<br />Mayor Jones:
<br />Thank you, and Mr. Kearney will be able to speak to you as well.
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