Groveport Messenger - June 2nd, 2024

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Shelterhouse collaboration project starts this fall
By Rick Palsgrove
Groveport Editor
A time is set for construction to begin on
the new shelterhouse in Cruiser Park.
“We will begin work on the shelter in
September,” said Groveport Madison High
School’s construction trades program
instructor Chad Gibbs. “The school district
and the city of Groveport have been working
diligently on the plans and zoning.”
Gibbs said the shelter will be completed
by October.
“The students will be able to 4 hours of
work daily on the project,” said Gibbs.
“Their morning will be dedicated to their
academic classes.”
The project is a collaboration between
the city of Groveport and Groveport
Madison Schools.
The shelterhouse will be 16x20 feet in
size and be located just west of the Cruiser
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to Fortress Obetz, 2015 Recreation Trail,
from 6-9 p.m. every Thursday (weather
allowing) to Aug. 22. The event features
live musical performances, local food
trucks, vendors, and weekly giveaways.
Four bars are strategically placed throughout
the venue. It also showcases cars,
trucks, jeeps, exotics, and motorcycles.
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Park (4677 Bixby Road) parking lot. The
shelterhouse will be a wooden structure on
a concrete pad.
The city will fund the materials and the
students in Groveport Madison High
School’s construction trades program will
do the design and construction work.
“We’re waiting a cost proposal from the
school district for materials,” said
Groveport City Administrator B.J. King.
“The relationship that we are building
with the city and the community is priceless,”
said Gibbs. “The students are getting
real world experience. The students get to
see how new applications are submitted for
permits, flood plain, and elevations from
surveyors are done. And how architectural
drawings and inspections are done first
hand. The walkway from the parking lot to
the shelter was added which will meet all
ADA standards also. This project is the
Groveport city council
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meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the second and
fourth Mondays of the month. Council
holds its committee of the whole meeting
on the third Monday each month at 5:30
p.m.
Meetings are held in the municipal
building, 655 Blacklick St., Groveport.
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first of many to be done for the community
by Groveport Madison High school students.
The students cannot wait to build a
structure for the community to enjoy.”
“This is a volunteer effort by the students,”
added King. “It is a learning experience
for them and a source of pride for
them in the community. They are learning
valuable skills in construction and learning
about the permit process, which will help
them in their future occupations.”
King said the city hopes to work with
the construction trades program on future
projects as well.
About construction trades program
The Groveport Madison High School
construction trades program, which began
in 2018, prepares students for careers in
designing, planning, managing, building,
and maintaining commercial, industrial
and residential structures and infrastructures.
Students in the program may continue
into registered apprenticeship or traditional
post-secondary programs.
The students in the construction trades
program have built several structures,
including: the new visitors’ concession
stand at Cruiser Stadium at Groveport
Madison High School; a concession stand
for the high school Cruiser baseball field;
“cubbies” created in the dugouts of the
Cruiser softball program where players can
store batting helmets, batting gloves and
field gloves; a playhouse for Little Cruisers
Preschool; a deck at the softball concession
stand; Adirondack chairs; garden sheds; a
project for the Groveport Madison Area
Community Choir; 10x10 barn sheds;
raised planters; birdhouses that were
donated to the wildlife department; projects
at the high school for classrooms; and
personal projects students keep.
Funds sought for intersection project
By Rick Palsgrove
Groveport Editor
The intersection of State Route 317 and
Firehouse Lane could get more improvements.
Groveport City Council is considering
legislation authorizing City Administrator
B.J. King to apply for funding through the
Ohio Public Works Commission for the
Phase Two improvements at the intersection.
According to Groveport City Engineer
Steve Farst, the Phase One improvements
were done in 2018-19. That improvement
included construction of the following:
southbound right turn lane into the
Groveport Madison High School campus;
pedestrian accommodation with sidewalks,
crosswalk and pedestrian signals; new
traffic signal equipment including controller,
signal poles/mast arms, signal
heads; and a preemption system to accommodate
MTFD emergency response.
“The Phase One project cost was
$567,772, which was funded from an
OPWC grant and loan to the city of
Groveport and from local contribution
from Madison Township and the Ohio
Facilitates Construction Commission
(through Groveport Madison Schools) for
‘Site Access Safety Improvements,’” said
Farst.
He said the Phase 2 improvements
would include modification to the northbound
and southbound left turn lanes to:
realign them to a position similar to the
intersection at Directors Boulevard (known
as “positive-offset”); and to extend the
length of the southbound left turn lane to
provide for more vehicle storage, and to
include modifications to traffic signal
equipment for the changes. Other ancillary
improvements may be included related
to pavement resurfacing of the intersection
area.
“The cost estimate (for Phase Two) is
not yet completed as the conceptual layout
is under review,” said Farst. “Aside from a
possible grant/loan from the OPWC, funding
sources are under review.”
Farst said the start and completion
dates for the project depend of the success
of the application for funding assistance
from the Ohio Public Works Commission.
“The intent is to possibly submit the
OPWC funding application this year, in
late August,” said Farst. “The outcome of
an application filed this season, will not be
known until December 2024. If the project
were awarded funds, and subject to
Groveport City Council approval of the
annual budget to include this project, the
construction of the project could begin as
early as late 2025, but more likely begin in
spring 2026.”
Farst said the improvements are needed
because the current intersection layout is
based on an older out-of-date ODOT design
standard in place when the highway was
designed and constructed in the 1970s.
“Due to traffic volume growth over time
as a result of local and regional changes in
land-use, population, jobs, and businesses,
traffic conditions are such that the
improvement is now appropriate,” said
Farst. “The project will make the intersection
more efficient for movement of traffic,
reduce delays, and provide added safety.”
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