R.I.D.E. (Road Improvement Drive the Economy) East Liverpool Inc. donated $50,000 & $45,000 checks to the city 2020 and 2021. Pictured from left, Lisa Blasdel, organization treasurer and executive director of the Southern Columbiana County Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Will Miller, a representative of Transmontaigne and a organization director, gave Mayor Greg Bricker (center) the donation to assist the expenses and costs incurred in the River Road project.


Since being formed, the 501c3 nonprofit organization is a coalition of local businesses that formed to provide assist local government with its burdens of maintaining public roads and infrastructure. As Gary McClurg, R.I.D.E. East Liverpool president (not pictured), explained, “The River Road project is a substantial improvement (that ) will help maintain current businesses as well as attract new businesses to our community.” The companies include Seaforth Mineral, Agland Co-Op, Six Recycling, TransMontaigne, Heritage Thermal Services, Parsons, Growmark, East Liverpool River Rail Terminal Inc.

Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi

Drivers can expect delays during River Road paving

Sunday, March 27, 2016
 
By JO ANN BOBBY-GILBERT
jgilbert@reviewonline.com

EAST LIVERPOOL
-  The repaving project on River Road will get under way April 4, according to city officials, who held a preconstruction meeting Thursday.

The project is expected to be completed by May 6, Service-Safety Director Brian Allen said, adding that drivers can anticipate traffic delays as the road will likely be shut down to one lane during the work.  

The first phase will entail concrete replacement, followed by milling down six inches and then repaving with six inches of new surface.
The road will be resurfaced between the railroad crossing near the Broadway Wharf and the Saint George Street.

State Line Paving of North Lima was awarded the $844,637 contract as the lowest of the four bidders.

The city secured a State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) loan for the project, with payments toward the loan to be made by the non-profit group Road Improvements Drive the Economy (RIDE), composed of local companies whose truck traffic uses this and other roads in the city.