AUSTINTOWN — Several township roads will need to be paved in 2026 and officials soon will determine who gets the job.

At Monday’s regular trustees meeting, Austintown Township Administrator Mark D’Apolito read aloud each of the eight bids submitted by regional contractors to pave roads in the Wickliffe, Nottingham and Woodhurst neighborhoods.

“We were pleased with the results,” D’APolito said. “I think everyone came in with bids below the engineer’s estimate.”

On Tuesday, D’Apolito dropped off the detailed bid packages for engineer Dave Bakalar of Youngstown firm Thomas Fok and Associates. Bakalar will review the specifics of each bid and then make a recommendation based on best price and best overall project proposal, D’Apolito said.

The lowest of the bids came from Shelly and Sands at $1,299,999.15, followed closely by Lindy Paving at $1,270,710.20. RT Vernal bid $1,289,647; the Shelly Company bid $1,349,822; Karvo Company bid $1,386,975; Barbicas Construction bid $1,390,411.50; Kirila Contractors bid $1,419,480; and Geauga Highway bid $1,479,018.45.

The project proposes to pave all or parts of Wickliffe Circle, North Nottingham Avenue, Woodhurst Drive, Cedarwood Drive, Stark Drive, Red Apple Drive, Birchcrest Avenue, Aldrich Road, Carlisle Drive, Dayton Drive, Elm Trace Street, Evelyn Road, Frostwood Drive, Green Grass Way, Johnson Court, Kerneywood Drive, Kirkhaven Drive, Sandalwood Court, Sheffield Drive, Yolanda Place, Diana Drive, Duke Circle, Notre Dame Avenue, Purdue Avenue, Radcliffe Avenue, Forestwood Drive, Barrington Court, Finland Road, Dehoff Drive, Maple Trace Court, Westgate Boulevard, Woodland Trace Street, Javit Court, Kenmar Court and Evans Avenue.

In all, the project proposes to pave 6.59 miles of roads. D’Apolito said the proposal is just a proposal until the blacktop hits the ground.

“These are subject to change, based on the economic climate when we go to pave,” he said. “We could end up cutting something or we could have money left over and add a street or a section.”

On Monday, trustees authorized D’Apolito to apply for approximately $225,000 through the Ohio Public Works Commission’s State Capital Improvement Program to partially pay for the project.

D’Apolito said the OPWC program is up for renewal on the May 6 Ohio primary ballot, and encouraged residents to support the program, which he said routinely helps the township with projects of this scope.

“We pretty much always apply,” D’Apolito said. “It’s a good program that has served the township well over the years and supported lots of good infrastructure projects.”

The OPWC website states the program has provided $2.3 billion in infrastructure funding for 4,490 projects in 1,084 local governments in all 88 counties. The website states that in most years, every $1 in OPWC funds has been matched with double to nearly triple the funding from other sources. The project was originally approved by voters in 1987 and has been renewed about every 10 years since, most recently in 2014.