Grove City Messenger - May 7th, 2023

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Jackson Township to
address traffic concerns
By Dedra Cordle
Staff Writer
Lead footed motorists will soon have to think twice before they
put the pedal-to-the-metal while driving through the Emersonia
neighborhood in Jackson Township.
At its regular meeting in April, the board of trustees unanimously
agreed to enter into a contract with the Columbus-based
Strawser Paving Company to install speed humps and speed
tables throughout the subdivision at a cost of $73,950.
Township officials said they believe that the installation of
these traffic calming measures will go “a long way” toward reducing
the number of motorists who zip through the narrow residential
streets.
“Emersonia is a fantastic little subdivision that has seen a lot
of growth and a lot of redevelopment in the areas nearby,” said
Shane Farnsworth, township administrator. “Unfortunately,
some of the motorists who have been driving through the neighborhood
— most who are using it as a cut-through to access other
parts of the township and city — have not been obeying the posted
25 mile per hour speed limit and are posing a real threat to the
adults, the children, and the animals who live there.
“We want them to be safe, to feel safe while doing everyday
activities and we all believe that these (traffic calming measures)
are going to slow down the traffic and remind the motorists that
they are driving through a neighborhood.”
The placement of the speed humps and speed tables are based
upon the recommendations of the county engineer’s office who
conducted a traffic study on the roads within the subdivision late
last year. In total, two speed tables and nine speed humps will be
installed on the roadways in the Emersonia neighborhood. These
are the locations of the traffic calming measures, per the recommendations
of the county engineer’s office:
• One speed table will be installed at the intersection of Lois
Drive and Nedra Street. The second speed table will be installed
at the intersection of McComb Road and Charlemagne Street.
• Three speed humps will be installed on Hyde Road — two of
which will be located east of Nedra Street and one east of Lois
Drive
• Two speed humps will be installed on McComb Road — one of
which will be located north of Charlemagne Street while the other
will be located north of Chateau Street.
• Two speed humps will be installed on Nedra Street — one of
which will be located west of McComb Road while the other will
be located west of Lois Drive.
• Two speed humps will be installed on Charlemagne Street —
one of which will be located west of McComb Road while the other
will be located east of Lois Drive.
Farnsworth said he expected the traffic calming structures to
be installed this year, likely in the late summer or early fall after
the planned resurfacing of Hyde Road.
He said he has spoken to several residents of the Emersonia
neighborhood about the traffic calming project and they have
expressed excitement about what is to come to their community.
“The residents in Emersonia are always out walking and their
kids are always out riding their bikes and they constantly see
motorists running the stop signs and driving way too fast down
the road,” he said. “They know that these speed humps and speed
tables could really slow these people down and I think they are
happy that something is being done to combat the problem they
see on a daily basis.”
Free legal advice at Westland Library
The Legal Aid Society of Columbus will offer free legal advice
the first Monday of each month at the Westland Area Library,
4740 West Broad St. Representatives will be on hand from 4 to 6
p.m. to discuss non-criminal legal matters like health benefits,
medicare, and landlord issues. Fore more information, call the
library at 614-878-1301.
The House
Passes the
Budget!
On Wednesday, April 26, the Ohio House of Representatives
approved an $88 billion biennium
budget by a vote of 78 to 19. The bipartisan
measure saw 32 Democrats join with 46 Republicans
to pass the measure. The budget now goes
to the Ohio Senate, which should approve its version
by mid-June. A Conference Committee will
work out any differences so that a final measure
will get passed by both Houses by the June 30
deadline. The fiscal year 2024-25 budget will take
effect July 1 and will guide all state spending
through June 30, 2025.
I am pleased to report that the budget substantively
addresses the state portion of public-school
funding. The House version continues years 3 and
4 of the implementation of the six-year phase-in
of the Cupp-Patterson Fair School Funding Plan,
which raises the share of state funding for the cost
of public education. Specifically, the House version
of the budget will increase funding for the
South-Western City Schools from $138 million in
FY 2023 to $152 million in FY 2024 and $156 million
in FY 2025. For the Columbus City schools,
state funding will increase from $175 million in FY
2023 to $198 million in FY 2024 and $202 million
in FY 2025. Other measures in the budget provide
$200 million for additional facilities and equipment
for our career technical schools, funding for
meals for all students who qualify for reducedpriced
school lunches, over $100 million for literacy
initiatives, and additional funding for teacher
training in mathematics and science, which was
one of my individual proposals.
In the Medicaid portion of the budget, additional
funding is allocated to increase the reimbursement
rate for Ohio’s 60,000+ direct service
providers (DSPs) from $14 per hour to $17 per
hour in FY 2024 and $18 per hour in FY 2025.
DSPs are the folks who provide home health care
services for the elderly, disabled, and those recovering
from surgery. Their work often times allows
folks to continue to live in their homes, as opposed
to more expensive assisted care facilities.
Finally, the new budget cuts the state income tax
by an estimated $930 million for working- and
middle-class families. Individuals earning between
$25,000 and $92,000 will see their state income
tax rate reduced to a flat 2.75% for income
above $25,000. The State has seen a higher-thanexpected
increase in tax collections; so, the House
wants to return a significant portion of it to taxpayers.
(Dave Dobos represents the 10th District in the
Ohio House of Representatives, which consists of
parts of West, Southwest, and South Columbus,
Grove City, and Urbancrest. He reports regularly
on his activities in this position and his campaign
has paid for this communication with you.)
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