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...eet funds that are to the credit of the county, township, or municipal corporation in which the proposed improvement is to be made, may be used in such proportion as is agreed upon between the director and the board of county commissioners, or the board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation for the purpose of supplementing federal funds. The board of county commissioners or leg...

...e number one hundred fifty-nine in Ross county and extending to the point of interchange with the state route number one hundred four in Ross county, through the municipal corporation of Chillicothe; and the road known as the United States route number thirty-five, running in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction, commencing at the point of the Scioto river bridge northwest of Chillicothe in Ross county and ext...

..., commencing at the boundary of Hancock county and Allen county and proceeding in an easterly direction to the boundary of Hancock county and Wyandot county, shall be known as the "Congressman Michael G. Oxley Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...ates route number sixty-eight in Greene county; (2) The northbound and southbound lanes of United States route number sixty-eight between the intersection of that route and United States route number forty-two in Greene county and the intersection of United States route number sixty-eight and United States route number sixty-two in Brown county; (3) The northbound and southbound lanes of United States route numbe...

...our between the eastern border of Henry county and the western border of Henry county, shall be known as the "Henry County Veterans Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...r, between the eastern border of Putnam county and the western border of Putnam county, shall be known as the "Putnam County Veterans Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...oses such mileage of the system of intercounty highways outside of municipal corporations, as has not been constructed by the state or taken over by the state for maintenance. All such portions of the intercounty highway system not at present under state maintenance shall be first improved by the county to an extent which in the opinion of the director will permit economical maintenance for the purpose of making them...

...ght in the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the commission is located, or in the court of common pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose if that county is located within this state, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices of every kind shall be served on the commission by leaving a copy thereof at its principal office with the secretary-treasurer or executive dire...

...(A)(1) In any county that as of January 1, 2011, had closed one or more roads as a result of grade separation failure at intersections of a turnpike project with a county or township road, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission is responsible for the major maintenance and repair and replacement of failed grade separations. The governmental entity with jurisdiction over the county or township road is re...

...newspaper of general circulation in the county in which each hearing is to be held, not less than once per week for two weeks prior to the date of the hearing. (C) If the commission does not comply with the notice and hearing requirements contained in division (B) of this section and votes for an increase in the toll rate structure that is applicable to vehicles operating on a turnpike project, the increase in...

...A county engineer may sell directly to a county board of developmental disabilities gasoline and diesel fuel that has been purchased for the use of the county engineer's office.

...The county engineer or anyone acting under his authority, when authorized by the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, may enter immediately: (A) Upon any lands adjacent to any of the highways in the county for the purpose of opening an existing ditch or drain, or for digging a new ditch or drain for the free passage of water for the drainage of highways; (B) Upon any lands adjoining rivers, ...

...153.65 to 153.71 of the Revised Code, a county engineer may combine the design and construction elements of a bridge, highway, or safety project into a single contract, but only if the cost of the project as bid does not exceed five million dollars. When required to use competitive bidding, the county engineer shall award a design-build contract in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. In li...

...The board of county commissioners or board of township trustees may contract for and purchase such material as is necessary for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining, or repairing any highways, bridges, or culverts within the county, and may also appropriate additional land necessary for cuts and fills together with a right of way to or from such land for the removal of material. If the board of county ...

...e boards of other townships of the same county or an adjoining county for the purpose of purchasing real property containing suitable stone or gravel for road materials, and the necessary machinery for operating such property, as provided in this section and section 5549.24 of the Revised Code. When one or more townships have so joined together the property purchased by them shall be held and owned by the townships i...

...The board of county commissioners may locate, establish, alter, widen, straighten, vacate, or change the direction of roads as provided in sections 5553.03 to 5553.16 of the Revised Code. This power extends to all roads within the county, except that as to roads on the state highway system the approval of the director of transportation shall be had. However, no public road shall be located or established, by the boar...

...nties interested, as the joint board of county commissioners agrees and determines. In case of failure to agree on the proportion which each county is to pay, the joint board shall certify that fact to the director of transportation who shall thereupon make such apportionment.

..., or from any other cause, the board of county commissioners of the county in which such road is located, upon the filing of a petition signed by at least twelve freeholders of the county residing in the vicinity of such road, shall cause the county engineer to view and find the true line of such road.

...The county engineer shall view and survey the road as provided in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code, and shall make a return of the survey and plat of the road to the board of county commissioners. Upon the filing of the report of the engineer, the board shall give notice of the filing of such report by publication as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or once each week for three consecutive weeks i...

...The board of county commissioners or the joint board of county commissioners may adjourn any hearings under sections 5553.01 to 5553.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as the necessities of the case require. Such adjournment shall be taken to a day certain to be fixed by the board or joint board at the time of such adjournment. The proceedings of the joint board shall be certified to each of the counties interested ...

...The board of county commissioners shall give notice to the owners of lands through which the proposed road will pass of the filing of the petition provided for in section 5553.41 of the Revised Code and the date and place of the hearing thereon. Such notice shall be served on such owners personally, or by leaving a copy of such notice at the usual place of residence of such owners at least five days before the ...

...Code. (C) "Road" includes any state or county road or part of any state or county road, or any state or county road and any municipal corporation street, or part of a road or street of those types, which form a continuous road improvement.

...A board of county commissioners may defer its consideration, adjustment, approval, and confirmation of the estimated assessments until all questions of compensation and damages have been determined and until the contract for the improvement has been let and the exact cost of the improvement, including compensation and damages, has been ascertained. If a board approves and confirms the estimated assessments, as made b...

...oposed improvement is wholly within one county but within less than the legal assessment distance of the county line, and a petition is filed asking for such improvement, signed by fifty-one per cent of the persons to be specially assessed therefor, such improvement shall be regarded as joint county improvement, and shall be made in accordance with sections 5555.21 to 5555.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...A joint board of county commissioners has jurisdiction to provide for the construction of a portion a road improvement wholly within one county when it is necessary to avoid some place on the county line where the construction thereof would be unusually expensive or difficult.