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1999 REVIEW

Projects and Activity

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Butler County Engineer's Office employees worked a total of 144,758 hours with an average of 73 full time employees during 1999. Progressive and cost-efficient engineering define a BCEO tradition concerned with building a safer transportation system for Butler County motorists. The evidence is on the roads you drive. The specifics are outlined in this Report.

During 1999, the Butler County Engineer's Office was involved with the completion of projects totaling $9,628,504, including:

• 15 bridge projects
• 36 culvert projects
• 3 intersection projects
• 2 roadway improvement projects
• 71.2 miles of paving
• 3 railroad crossing projects
• 611 miles of striping
• 8 Block Grant projects

The above list does not include routine activities such as general design and engineering, commercial and residential development services, tax mapping services, and day-to-day roadway maintenance such as signing, mowing, drainage, and snow and ice control. As you can see, the BCEO is a multi-faceted, full-service agency covering all facets of road and highway transportation in Butler County.

For a detailed review of 1999 activity, please read on.

1999 SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT IN BUTLER COUNTY

Liberty Township led Butler County in subdivision development during 1999 for the second year in a row.

Unincorporated Areas

Township	New Subdivision Plats	New Lots	Acres Developed	New Streets	Miles of New Streets
Fairfield	11	355	167.3	25	3.4
Hanover	0	0	0	2	0.6
Lemon	1	39	14.2	3	0.3
Liberty	19	705	417.6	54	7.9
Madison	1	2	2.5	0	0
Milford	0	0	0	0	0
Morgan	1	3	8.1	1	0.04
Oxford	0	0	0	0	0
Reily	0	0	0	0	0
Ross	3	53	193.2	4	0.7
St. Clair	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne	0	0	0	0	0
West Chester	7	124	119.1	14	2.6
Total	43	1,281	922	103	15.5

Incorporated Areas

Township	New Subdivision Plats	New Lots	Acres Developed	New Streets	Miles of New Streets
College Corner	0	0	0	0	0
Fairfield	7	143	163.5	14	1.4
Hamilton	9	94	359.9	13	1.9
Jacksonburg	0	0	0	0	0
Middletown	2	22	8.4	2	0.2
Millville	0	0	0	0	0
Monroe	12	277	161.5	21	2.7
New Miami	0	0	0	0	0
Oxford	6	49	25.2	5	0.6
Seven Mile	0	0	0	0	0
Sharonville	0	0	0	0	0
Somerville	0	0	0	0	0
Trenton	3	87	178.5	7	0.5
Total	39	672	897	62	7.3

TAX MAP SUMMARY

Activity	1999	1998
Sale of Plats	$16,506.30	$15,006.25
Transfers	19,212	17,216
Parcel Splits	416	384
Survey Plats Recorded	395	466
House #s Assigned	1,165	637
House #s Verified	1,122	1,236
Bonds Recorded	19	5
Annexations Recorded	3	1
Annexations Checked	3	1

1999 Projects

This section includes a comprehensive listing of all projects that were completed during the 1999 construction year.

BRIDGES

The Butler County Engineer's Office performs an annual inspection of all bridges on County and Township roads. Some bridges receive inspection two or more times per year due to their worsened condition. The BCEO had inspection and maintenance responsibility for 369 bridges (structures with a clear span of ten feet or greater) at the beginning of 1999. That number remained unchanged at the end of the year.

There are 34 bridges located on State highways within municipalities for which the State of Ohio has inspection responsibility but the County Engineer has maintenance responsibility.

Fourteen bridges were posted with load limit restrictions at the end of 1999. This is down from over 40 load-restricted bridges just five years ago. The County Engineer's aggressive bridge program is designed to reduce and eventually eliminate all load-rated bridges.

Bridge summary 1999

Total: 15

Total cost: $3,062,509

Federal Funds

Contract 1997-5 - One bridge rehabilitation

Corso Road Black Covered Bridge

Total project cost: $804,832

See News Release for info and photos.

 

Contract 1998-504 - One bridge replacement

Indian Creek Road Bridge #00.498

Contract amount: $834,811

Before construction.

During construction.

During construction.

New bridge completed.

 

Contract 1998-505 - One bridge replacement

LeSourdsville West Chester Road Bridge #07.329

Total project cost: $418,492

Before construction.

During construction.

New bridge completed.

 

Contract 1999-603 - One bridge replacement

Hamilton New London Road Bridge #02.425

Total project cost: $265,737

During construction.

 

Local Funds By Contract

 

Contract 1999-1 -- Four Bridge Deck Replacements

Bonham Road Bridge #00.388

Myers Road Bridge #00.019

Scott Road Bridge #00.618

Tolbert Road Bridge #01.718

Total project cost: $205,957

 

Contract 1999-2 -- Four Bridge Deck Replacements

California Road Bridge #02.129

Gates Road Bridge #00.695

Morgan Ross Road Bridge #01.106

Schoenling Road Bridge #00.619

Total project cost: $159,925

 

Contract 1999-3 -- Two Bridge Deck Replacements

Mauds Hughes Road Bridge #01.400

Millikin Road Bridge #04.435

Total project cost: $106,842

 

Contract 1999-10 -- One Bridge Replacement

West Chester Road Bridge #01.616

Total project cost: $265,913

CULVERTS

The BCEO's Operations Department is responsible for the annual inspection of all culverts located on County and Township roads --- that number totaled 1,046 at the beginning of 1999. A culvert is a conduit running underneath a road for the purpose of transferring storm water runoff from one side of the road to another. Culverts are technically classified as structures with a clear span of less than ten feet and can be made of different types of material. Culvert replacements are, like bridges, determined by the age and condition of the structure and are often planned in conjunction with future resurfacing projects.

BCEO culvert crew.

Culvert summary 1999

Total: 36

Total cost: $327,397

 

Local Funds By Force Account

 

10 County Culvert Replacements

Cincinnati Dayton Road Culvert #09.655

Hamilton Mason Road Culvert #02.347

Jacksonburg Road Culvert #07.381

Layhigh Road Culvert #05.284

Layhigh Road Culvert #07.711

Millikin Road Culvert #03.151

Morganthaler Road Culvert #01.976

Waynes Trace Culvert #00.632

Waynes Trace Culvert #01.523

West Alexandria Road Culvert #00.048

Total cost: $111,802

Cincinnati Dayton Road culvert and catch basin installation.

 

One County Emergency Culvert Repair

Augspurger Road Culvert #01.834

Total cost: $1,238

 

25 Township Culvert Replacements

Butler Warren Road Culvert #04.565

Cochran Road Culvert #00.140

Cotton Run Road Culvert #02.738

Depot Road Culvert #00.375

Dunwoody Road Culvert #00.437

Dunwoody Road Culvert #03.853

Dunwoody Road Culvert #03.957

Gates Road Culvert #00.111

Gates Road Culvert #00.221

Gates Road Culvert #00.338

Gates Road Culvert #00.631

Gates Road Culvert #00.767

Harris Road Culvert #00.221

Harris Road Culvert #01.939

Huston Road Culvert #00.670

Layhigh Road Culvert #01.960

Mauds Hughes Road Culvert #01.138

Mauds Hughes Road Culvert #01.315

Morgan Ross Road Culvert #00.774

Morman Road Culvert #03.517

Oxford Middletown Road Culvert #05.748

Paullin Drive Culvert #00.100

Shollenbarger Road Culvert #00.326

Taylor Road Culvert #01.325

Thomas Road (Madison Twp.) Culvert #02.186

Total cost: $214,357

Construction of twin-pipe Culvert #00.111 on Gates Road.

BCEO crews remove old culvert on Harris Road

Shollenbarger Road pipe culvert installation.

New Thomas Road Culvert #02.186.

 

INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS

 

Intersection summary 1999

Total: 3

Total cost: $428,399

 

Local Funds By Contract

 

Contract 1999-13 -- One Intersection Improvement: Turn lane addition and signal upgrade (Contract also included paving. See Paving Contract 1999-13.)

Hamilton Mason Road at Ohio 747

Intersection portion of contract: $115,828

 

One Intersection Improvement -- Realignment

West Chester Road at Lakota West Drive

Total project cost: $287,261

(Funding: West Chester (Union) Twp/TIF)

 

Temporary signal installation

Wayne Madison Road at Ohio 73

Total project cost: $25,310

ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS

Roadway summary 1999

Total: 2

Total cost: $200,397

 

Local Funds By Contract

 

Contract 1999-4 -- Emergency repairs due to severe winter weather damage

Millikin Road from Ohio 747 to Yankee Road

Total project cost: $190,062

 

Contract R/0037/01/750 -- Curve realignment

Indian Creek Road between Imhoff Road and King Road

Total project cost: $10,335

PAVING

The Butler County Engineer's Office is responsible for 270.89 miles (centerline miles) of roadway and has a 12-15 year paving program in place. This system enables roads to be resurfaced on a regular basis and maintained routinely in a more cost-effective manner. Many Township roads that are substandard in lane width and those County roads that meet minimum standards only, where feasible, are also being widened to bring them up to modern safety standards.

Seventy-one miles of county, township, and municipal roads were resurfaced in 1999. This also includes berming of all major roads paved.

 

BCEO paving 1. Crews get ready to roll.

BCEO paving 2.

 

Paving summary 1999

Total miles: 71.2

Total cost: $2,323,594

 

Local Funds By Contract

 

Contract 1999-6 -- Resurfacing of various County and Township roads in Hanover, Morgan, Reily, and Ross Townships

Total miles: 13

Total project cost: $429,238

 

Funded by the County:

Layhigh Road - Ohio 748 to Hamilton New London Road

Stillwell Beckett Road - U.S. 27 to Ohio 177

Miles: 5.9

 

Funded by Hanover Township:

Gene Avenue - Stahlheber Road to cul-de-sac

Hussey Road - U.S. 27 to dead-end

Nichols Road - Lanes Mill Road to Reily Twp line

Miles: 2.2

 

Funded by Morgan Township:

Jenkins Road - South Wynn Road to dead-end

North Wynn Road - Layhigh Road to Ohio 129

Miles: 1.3

 

Funded by Reily Township:

Elgin Road - Stephenson Road to dead-end

Hart Road - Dunwoody Road to CSX Railroad

North Weaver Road - Dunwoody Road to Peoria Reily Road

Miles: 3.2

 

Funded by Ross Township:

Donna Marie Drive - Ohio 748 to dead-end

Moore's Road - Hamilton New London Road to dead-end

Miles: 0.4

 

Contract 1999-7 -- Chip seal of various County and Township roads in Oxford, Reily, Liberty, and West Chester (Union) Townships

Total miles: 14

Total project cost: $181,079

 

Funded by the County:

Crescentville Road - Windisch Road to Cincinnati Dayton Road

Gates Road - Ohio 129 to dead end

Hamilton Mason Road - Bypass 4 to Ohio 747

Kyles Station Road - Ohio 747 to LeSourdsville West Chester Road

Princeton Road - Ohio 747 to Cincinnati Dayton Road

Tylersville Road - I-75 to Butler Warren Road

Miles: 12.2

 

Funded by Oxford Township:

Shera Road - Stout Road to Taylor Road

Wallace Road - Woodruff Road to dead end

Woodruff Road - Wallace Road to dead end

Miles: 1.8

 

Contract 1999-8 -- Resurfacing of various County and Township roads in Milford, Oxford, and Wayne Townships

Total miles: 11.8

Total project cost: $454,933

 

Funded by the County:

Jacksonburg Road - Jacksonburg corp. to Preble County line

Waynes Trace Road - U.S. 127 to Tolbert Road West

Miles: 3.9

 

Funded by Milford Township:

Billy Circle - Ohio 177 to cul-de-sac

Depot Road - Wayne Milford Road to dead-end

Depot Road - Huston Road to Hamilton Eaton Road

Oxford Middletown Road - State Road to dead-end

Oxford Trenton Road - Huston Road to Hamilton Mason Road

Miles: 1.9

 

Funded by Oxford Township:

Booth Road - Kehr Road to CSX Railroad

Doty Road - Todd Road to Brown Road

Wallace Road - U.S. 27 to Woodruff Road

Miles: 2.1

 

Funded by Wayne Township:

Cotton Run Road - Taylor School Road to Ohio 73

Cotton Run Road - Oxford Middletown Road to Mill Road

Tolbert Road - Cotton Run Road to Jacksonburg Road

Miles: 3.9

 

Contract 1999-11 -- Resurfacing of various County and Township roads in Lemon, Madison, and St. Clair Townships and the City of Monroe

Total miles: 19.4

Total project cost: $834,387

 

Funded by the County:

Beissinger Road - Eaton Road to curve

Morganthaler Road - U.S. 127 to Trenton Road

Trenton Franklin Road - Ohio 122 to Ohio 4

BC Environmental Services service roads

Miles: 6.3

 

Funded by Lemon Township:

Carson Road - Yankee Road to Monroe corp.

Miles: 0.6

 

Funded by Madison Township:

Cedar Glen Way - Cloister Cliffs to cul-de-sac

Cloister Cliffs Drive - Sloebig Road to Thomas Road

Darl Drive - dead-end to dead-end

Dickey Road - Kalbfleisch Road to No Mans Road

Flora Lane - Middletown Germantown Road to cul-de-sac

Hoover Court - Middletown Germantown Road to cul-de-sac

Myers Road - Browns Run Road to Middletown Germantown Road

Oakcroft Circle - Cloister Cliffs Drive to cul-de-sac

Ora Lane - Middletown Germantown Road to cul-de-sac

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Miles: 4.6

 

Funded by St. Clair Township:

Beissinger Road - Eaton Road to West Elkton Road

Four Mile Creek Road - Eaton Road to #784

Gephart Road - Augspurger Road to Trenton Road

Hawkins Road - Trenton Road to Gephart Road

West Elkton Road - Beissinger Road to New Miami corp.

St. Clair Township Administrative Center parking lot

Miles: 4.8

 

Funded by City of Monroe:

American Way - Ohio 63 to cul-de-sac

Breeden Drive - Lebanon Avenue to new section

Garver Road - Ohio 63 to Cincinnati Dayton Road

Lebanon Avenue - Garver Road to cul-de-sac

New Garver Road - Ohio 63 to Garver Road

Ohio Avenue - Britton Lane to Main Street

Seminary Drive - Britton Lane to new pavement

Todhunter Road - repairs near Ohio 4

Monroe maintenance garage

North Monroe Cemetery

Miles: 3.1

 

Contract 1999-12 -- Paving of Township Roads in Liberty, West Chester (Union), and Fairfield Townships

Total miles: 11.9

Total project cost: $325,689

 

Funded by Liberty Township:

Bethany Road - Cincinnati Dayton Road to Butler Warren Road

Hamilton Mason Road - Mauds Hughes Road to Cincinnati Dayton Road

LeSourdsville West Chester Road - Hamilton Mason Road to Millikin Road

Mauds Hughes Road - Princeton Road to N&S Railroad bridge

Mauds Hughes Road - Millikin Road to Kyles Station Road

Millikin Road - Cincinnati Dayton Road to Butler Warren Road

Moselle Drive - Liberty Fairfield Road to curb section

Sauterne Court - Moselle Drive to cul-de-sac

Sauterne Drive - Moselle Drive to curb section

Tarragon Drive - Hamilton Mason Road to cul-de-sac

Port Lane - Moselle Drive to cul-de-sac

Miles: 8.2

 

Funded by West Chester (Union)Township:

Butler Warren Road - Luster Drive to Tylersville Road

Lakota West H.S. driveway at West Chester Road and Lakota West Drive

Miles: 1.3

 

Funded by Fairfield Township:

Blue Heron Drive - Red Bird Lane to new section

Blue Ridge Drive - dead-end to dead-end

Conover Drive - Osage Drive to Ravena Drive

Crest Manor Drive - Green Crest Drive to Blue Ridge Drive

Gateway Drive - Headgates Road to dead-end

Green Crest Drive - Crest Manor Drive to #5896

Kimberly Drive - Pleasant Ridge Drive to dead-end

Logsdon Road - Hamilton Mason Road to cul-de-sac

Old Hickory Drive - Ann Elise Court to Crest Manor Drive

Pearl Crest Drive - Crest Manor Drive to dead-end

Pleasant Ridge Drive - Kimberly Drive to dead-end

Ravena Drive - Canastota Drive to dead-end

Redbird Drive - Gateway Drive to dead-end

Miles: 2.4

 

Contract 1999-13 -- Paving of County road in West Chester (Union) Twp (Contract also included intersection improvement. See Intersection Improvements Contract 1999-13.)

Total miles: 1.1

Paving portion of contract: $98,268

 

Funded by the County:

Windisch Road - Crescentville Road to Allen Road

Miles: 1.1

GENERAL/SEASONAL ROADWAY MAINTENANCE

The Operations Department of the Butler County Engineer's Office is responsible for all Force Account projects as well as the general day-to-day maintenance and seasonal-type maintenance of bridges and roads on the County roadway system. This includes ditching and drainage projects, painting and striping of roads, signing, patching, pavement repair, bridge repair, berm work, guardrail repair, mowing, brush and weed control, and snow and ice control. Also included is emergency maintenance such as storm damage, downed trees, high water and flooding problems, and any debris that poses an immediate safety hazard to the motoring public.

Total spent on general maintenance: $1,071,844

Piping along Hamilton New London Road at Black Road.

 

1999 Snow and Ice Control

 

A major outbreak of winter weather opened 1999 keeping snow and ice control crews in continuous operation for nearly two full weeks. Successive snow, ice, and freezing rain storms plodded through Butler County prompting issuance of a Level 2 Snow Emergency at one point. BCEO crews kept all roads open despite occasional salt delivery problems throughout the Midwest. Early March brought with it the season's last significant snow storm which dumped 6-9 inches of heavy wet snow. Most other snow events were relatively minor, including two light snows late in the year.

 

The Butler County Engineer's Office completed construction of a larger salt dome last year in a move to improve snow and ice control efficiency and reduce the risk of low salt supplies. The new storage facility holds 6,500 tons of salt on site as compared with the former 1,800-ton facility. A new truck with a wing plow for multi-lane plowing was also purchased. Outfitted with two blades, the truck is capable of handling two lanes in one pass.

 

A new Snowfighters page was developed here on our web site in 1999. The page provides an in-depth overview of BCEO snow and ice control as well as some local winter history. Motorists may also visit our Road Conditions page for status reports on state and local roadways during inclement weather.

 

Total road salt used: 3,093 tons (1998 = 1,594 tons)

Total calcium chloride used: 9,502 gallons (1998 = na)

Total man-hours utilized for snow-and-ice control: 6,534 hours (1998 = 2,117 hours)

Total labor cost: $110,986 (1998 = $42,135)

New salt dome construction: $167,500

New salt dome.

New salt truck with wing plow.

RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Railroad crossing safety is a major concern of the County Engineer's Office. The number of crossing accidents continues to decline in Butler County despite increased traffic volumes due in part to the BCEO's close work with major railroad companies.

Federal Funds

 

Contract 1999-601 -- One crossing upgrade and realignment; elimination of two nearby crossings at Law Road and Pierson Road

Garver Elliot Road (new section named Garver Stillwell Road) at CSX Railroad

Total project cost: $366,267

Old Garver Elliot Road / CSX Railroad crossing.

Newly realigned Garver Elliot Road.

 

Local Funds

 

Installation of new rubberized crossings

Morman Road at CSX Railroad

Trenton Franklin Road at CSX Railroad

Total project cost: $7,200

(Additional funding: CSX)

 

OTHER

 

Federal Funds

 

Contract 1999-602 -- Bike path project

Cox Road Bikeway from Barret Road to Tylersville Road

Total project cost: $343,522

(Additional funding: West Chester (Union) Twp. Engineering/Administration: BCEO)

 

Community Development Block Grant Funds

 

Contract B-F-98-009-1 -- Two projects

Madison Township - West Middletown storm sewer improvements

Millville, Village of - Liberty Street improvements

Total project cost: $202,740

West Middletown storm sewer installations along Trenton Franklin Road.

 

Contract CDBG-99-1 -- Six projects

Lemon Township - Oxford State Road flood and drainage improvements

Madison Township - Poasttown Heights flood and drainage improvements

Reily Township - Dunwoody Road improvements

Seven Mile, Village of - Mill Street storm sewer improvements

Somerville, Village of - Walnut Street flood and drainage improvements

Trenton, City of - Third Street resurfacing

Total project cost: $475,164

 

Local Funds By Contract

 

Contract 1999-5 -- Center lining and edge lining of various County and Township roads, and roads in the City of Monroe

Center miles: 200.5

Edge miles: 389.2

Multi lane miles: 21.6

Total project cost: $106,162

 

Embankment slip temporary repairs

Elk Creek Road

Total cost: $35,389

Elk Creek Road embankment slip.

 

Embankment slip repairs

California Road

Total cost: $15,645

 

Local Funds By Contract (Commissioner's Capital Improvement Program)

 

Contract CIP-99-1 -- Five projects

Hanover/Reily Townships - DeCamp Road repair and resurfacing

Liberty Township - Princeton Rd repair and resurfacing between Cin Day Rd and But War Rd

Morgan Township - Paving of new administration center

Seven Mile, Village of - Pennsylvania Ave repair and resurfacing; alley repair and resurfacing

Wayne Township - Tolbert Road repair and resurfacing from Ohio 503 to Cotton Run Rd

Total cost: $367,542

 

Local Funds By Force Account

 

Drainage Improvement

Morris Road at Dust Commander Drive

Total project cost: $16,247

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