The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and the Central Ohio Rural Planning Organization have proposed a list of transportation projects to receive a total of $2,447,376 million in federal funds during the state fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

CORPO received eight requests for funding of transportation projects from five counties in the CORPO transportation planning area and ultimately decided to recommend funding all eight submissions.

The funding committee evaluated the submissions to determine alignment with the adopted CORPO Transportation Plan goals in making its decision.

Five submissions are recommended for funding at their full requests and three submissions are recommended for partial funding awards.

Among the projects targeted for funding is an intersection and sidewalk improvement project for $820,000 in Mount Vernon.

A bridge replacement project on County Road 117 over Spring Fork in Madison County is targeted to receive $550,400 while another $500,000 will be spent on improvements of East Fifth Street in Marysville.

A project to improve sidewalks along Columbus Road in the village of Fredericktown will receive $557,600 and Heart of Ohio Trail access and connectivity improvements in the village of Centerburg will receive $451,600.

The installation of sidewalks along Memorial Drive in Lancaster will receive $320,000 while the resurfacing of 5.2 miles of Industrial Parkway in Marysville will receive $232,000.

The city of Marion will receive $120,000 in funding to install a U-turn at the intersection of SR 423 and Barks Road in response to access limitations caused by the recent installation of delineators.

In July and early August, CORPO solicited projects to receive transportation funding in the CORPO transportation planning area, which encompasses the following seven counties: Fairfield County, Knox County, Madison County, Marion County, Morrow County, Pickaway County and Union County.

CORPO is seeking public comment on the proposed projects through Oct. 10.

The funds may be used for construction, expansion, reconstruction, preliminary engineering, right of way or preservation of roads and bridges on any public road; capital costs for public transit and bus terminals; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; and other transportation-related activities.

“We are excited to be able to provide such needed transportation funds through CORPO to projects in these communities,” said MORPC Transportation Director Maria Schaper.

CORPO will consider final approval of the funding commitments on Nov. 3. They will subsequently be incorporated into the transportation improvement program for the appropriate fiscal year.

The transportation improvement program is a financially balanced listing of federal, state and locally funded projects that are scheduled for some phase of implementation or development in a four-year period.