The county will pay up to a maximum of $250,000 of the total construction and engineering costs. It is estimated to be a $1 million project.

The county will pay up to a maximum of $250,000 of the total construction and engineering costs. It is estimated to be a $1 million project.

BEREA, Ohio — As I sat in my Front Street apartment writing this column on the evening of July 31st, knowing that come Monday, the city would begin tearing up the roadway’s battered and weather-beaten pavement the following morning, I contemplated the possibility that my car and I might be stuck at home for the project’s 90-day duration.