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Overhead view of the new Fifth Avenue EV charging parking lot, looking north from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard..

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
Waterline replacement work on East Boardman Street, looking east from Market Street.

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
Completed West Federal Street, looking west from Wick Avenue.

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
Construction on West Commerce Street, looking east from the Phelps Street Gateway.

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
Left: Completed crosswalks at Front Street and Market Street intersection, looking west.; Right: Bicycle lane markings, looking east from South Hazel Street intersection.

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
Completed crosswalks at West Rayen Avenue and North Hazel Street intersection, looking east.

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
Park Avenue and Belmont Avenue intersection, looking northwest.

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
Crosswalk construction at South Phelps Street and West Boardman Street intersection; construction workers stamping brick pattern into soft concrete.

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
Fifth Avenue, looking south from the Armed Forces Boulevard intersection

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
North Phelps Street at night, looking south from Commerce Street

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

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