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Crews Make Steady Progress on Akron’s Romig Road By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
The city of Akron is investing $12.8 million to reconstruct a 1.5-mi. section of Romig Road, a north-south four-lane, concrete paved artery, from Vernon Odom Boulevard in Akron to Central Avenue in Barberton, close to I-76. The road, built 45 years ago, is the main thoroughfare in the Rolling Acres Shopping District and is used by many residents in the nearby Akron neighborhoods of West Akron, Lane-Wooster, Kenmore and residents of the city of Barbeton. It is being rebuilt as part of an ongoing renewal for the shopping district that had seen better years when it was home to several malls and big box store outlets.
The Ruhlin Company photo
The city of Akron is investing $12.8 million to reconstruct a 1.5-mi. section of Romig Road.
The Ruhlin Company photo
The road, built 45 years ago, is the main thoroughfare in the Rolling Acres Shopping District and is used by many residents in nearby Akron neighborhoods.
The road project, awarded to The Ruhlin Company, started on June 21 and should be completed on May 4, 2020. Since ground was broken, Ruhlin crews have been pressing forward and are meeting benchmarks. In addition to repaving the road, Ruhlin crews are installing water line, sanitary sewer and storm structures. Construction for a $100 million, 2.7 million-sq. ft. Amazon distribution warehouse, to be built by the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company on the old Rolling Acres Mall site, is expected to begin this fall. The city acquired 67 acres of the 107-acre mall property through foreclosure, and it has sold the site to Amazon. The remaining land, privately owned, also was acquired. The four-story facility, according to the local
media, might be operational in late 2020 and will be equipped with a state-of-the-art sorting system and various automated systems. On July 22 an Amazon spokesperson told the Akron Beacon Journal that: “One of our primary factors that go into our thought process on where to place a new fulfillment center is location. We’re responding to customer demand and want to make sure our fulfillment centers are close to customers so we can offer great Prime service and fast shipping speeds. We also strategically look for locations that provide robust public infrastructure, a strong, dedicated workforce and great local support — and we’ve found all those factors in Akron, Ohio.” The facility is expected to employ approxsee LINES page 6