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Projects in Lorain, Ohio

Below are the "shovel-ready" projects for which this city submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report. You can click on a project to read (and add to) its description. You can also discuss the project and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not.

The total cost of all the projects submitted by Lorain is $352,000,000

Description City State Jobs Cost Program Type Vote Ratio
Jaeger Road improvemnt project. Road widening, storm drainage, bike paths. Lorain OH 25 $5,500,000 Streets/Roads 14
Cooper Foster Park Road widening and bridge improvement project. Lorain OH 25 $4,800,000 Streets/Roads 22
Martin's Run water way improvements - Channel deepening, widening and banking improvements. Including retention pond. Lorain OH 20 $3,500,000 Streets/Roads -10
Kolbe Rd reconstruction consisting of road improvements, bike lanes, storm improvements. Lorain OH 30 $1,500,000 Streets/Roads 12
Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant. Constructed on former Brownfield site this would be a regional facility eliminating multiple discharge permits. Discharge from new facility would be utilized by steel making operations for cooling water or discharge Lorain OH 300 $250,000,000 Water 7
Construction of storage/conveance tunnel to complete findings and orders for SSO program. Lorain OH 40 $30,000,000 Water -8
Inner city waterline replacement program. Lorain OH 15 $3,000,000 Water 8
1 million gallon water tower construction for capacity. Lorain OH 20 $3,000,000 Water 7
Hamilton water line replacement - approx 1 mile of 16" line. Lorain OH 15 $1,500,000 Water 2
Dunton Rd. Waterline - main line from reservoir and water tower. Lorain OH 20 $1,000,000 Water 1
Streetscape renovation and building facade improvements in shopping district. Streetlighting improvements, pedestrian walkways, police crime deterent cameras and beautification of streetscape through plantings. Includes replacement of 18" water line. Lorain OH 20 $3,000,000 CDBG -10
Install wind turbines on shoreline to power municipal power needs Lorain OH 150 $25,000,000 Energy 29
Install generators on city land fill to use methane for power generation. Lorain OH 10 $1,000,000 Energy 24
Wind monitoring station for data collection for installation of wind turbines on land and water based turbines. Lorain OH 5 $100,000 Energy 11
Re- establish street crimes unit. Includes hiring of 10 officers and equipement. Lorain OH 10 $2,000,000 Public Safety 24
re-establish gang task force unit with the hiring of 5 police officers. Lorain OH 5 $800,000 Public Safety 17
dash cameras for 80 police units. Lorain OH 2 $500,000 Public Safety -2
Vehicle GPS system for all police vehicles. Lorain OH 1 $300,000 Public Safety -24
Neighborhood surveilance cameras installed in crime and drug problem areas. Lorain OH 1 $250,000 Public Safety -7
License regognition camera equipement. 10 vehicles . Lorain OH 2 $250,000 Public Safety -17
Port reconstruction to accomadate a bulk and break bulk shipping port including rain access improvements. Lorain OH 45 $15,000,000 Transit 6