Public Works News
Downtown EV Charging
November 14, 2024 - All of the Level 2 EV chargers are now active in the redesigned Fifth Avenue EV and Kress (Water Customer) parking lots.
Use of the Level 2 EV char...Full Article
Boardman-Walnut Streets Safety Upgrade Progress
September 5, 2024 - Work on the Boardman-Walnut Streets Safety Upgrade Project is underway, with efforts currently focused on waterline replacement.
Streets involved i...Full Article
SMART2 Progress - Federal Street
September 4, 2024 - Save some minor landscaping work and sidewalk detailing around Ohio Edison utility access panels, construction on West Federal Street is now finished....Full Article
SMART2 Progress - Commerce Street
May 21, 2024 - Now that major demolition work at 20 Federal Place has finished, construction has resumed on West Commerce Street, between the Phelps Street Gateway a...Full Article
SMART2 Progress - Front Street
September 22, 2023 - The decorative concrete crosswalks spanning Market Street are complete. Once fully cured, all north-south lanes of traffic will reopen on Market Stree...Full Article
SMART2 Progress - Rayen Avenue
September 22, 2023 - All of the decorative concrete crosswalks have been constructed on Rayen Avenue. The crosswalks on West Rayen Avenue have cured and traffic has been r...Full Article
SMART2 Progress - Park Avenue - Project Completion
April 27, 2023 - Construction work on Park Avenue, between Fifth Avenue and Covington Street, and Fifth Avenue, between Park Avenue and the Westbound Service Road, is ...Full Article
SMART2 Progress - South Phelps Street
September 13, 2022 - Work is underway on the South Phelps Street and West Boardman Street intersection, the last outstanding component of the South Phelps Street phase of ...Full Article
SMART2 Progress - Fifth Avenue - Project Completion
October 29, 2021 - The Fifth Avenue phase of the SMART2 Network project is now complete. The street has been open to traffic since the beginning of YSU's Fall 2021 semes...Full Article
Phelps Street Gateway Project Complete
November 5, 2020 - The final phase of the Phelps Street Sewer and Roadway Beautification Project is now complete. The "Phelps Street Gateway" was officially opened with ...Full Article