Hugh Musselman serves as Chillicothe's Street Superintendent. He oversees the day-to-day maintenance of 75 miles of roadway within the City of Chillicothe, supervises construction projects, and directs the purchasing of land for the Street Department. Mr. Musselman is also the liaison between Chillicothe's City Council, the Mayor, and the public. Mr. Musselman has been employed by Chillicothe since 1984, working for the past several years as Street Superintendent.

The Street Department operates on a one-half cent sales tax for maintenance of the city street system and its operation. The City also has a current tax of one-half cent sales tax for permanent street projects.

Projects planned for 2003 include Broadway Street from Tenth Street to Trenton Road. This will be a concrete street and includes storm-water improvements. The area was chosen based on ratings, public use, and condition.

A street resurfacing project is also a part of the City's annual programs. This involves resurfacing streets with asphalt on designated streets to improve the overall rating of the streets and continue the life of the roadways.

The City's curb replacement program repairs or renovates existing curbing in the original survey of town. This is also based on condition and need. A few blocks a year are selected, depending on overall cost.

The City also conducts a residential sidewalk program annually. This is a share-type program with the City paying for materials cost to repair the public sidewalks in designated areas.

In March, 2003, John Edwards, City Administrator, reported that during a recent street evaluation by a contract engineering firm hired by the city, almost all of the surveyed streets received a rating of "fair" or higher. A road that receives a rating of 50 is considered fair, and a road which receives a higher rating is considered in even better condition. After 851 city blocks were surveyed, the contracting firm reported that 772 of those blocks received ratings of 50 or above. The number of average, or better-rated, streets have grown significantly since 1995, when only 125 city blocks received ratings of 50 or above. This indicates significant progress in the city street overlay program.

Funds for the street overlay program come from the city's general revenue fund, specifically, the street maintenance fund. The program overlays several blocks (or portions of blocks) every summer.

When snowfall in Chillicothe reaches 3 inches, parking is not allowed along emergency snow routes. If up to 6 inches of snow falls in Chillicothe, vehicles parked along streets in the business district will have to be moved to allow for snow removal. In the photo at left, employees of the Chillicothe Street Department connect a blade to one of the department's trucks in preparation for clearing city streets of snow. (C-T photo by Laura Schuler.)

Each year after Christmas, street crews are out in the wards picking up Christmas trees from local residents. Crews collect trees for one week, Monday - Friday. City residents who wish to dispose of their trees themselves may take them to the transfer station located on Mitchell Road where they may leave them free of charge.

Email the Street Department with any questions you have about Street Department services or procedures.

The following streets are hereby designated as Emergency Snow Routes:

Washington Street from Third Street to Bryan Street 
Locust Street from Third Street to Polk Street 
Elm Street from Clay Street to Polk Street 
Cherry Street from Third Street to Bryan Street 
Walnut Street from Third Street to Bryan Street 
Broadway from Jackson Street to Trenton Road 
Grandview Avenue from Third Street to Polk Street 
Third Street from Mitchell to Grandview Avenue 
Clay Street from Elm Street to Dickinson Street 
Jackson Street from Elm Street to Dickinson Street 
Webster Street from Broadway Street to Dickinson Street 
Dickinson Street from Third Street to Bryan Street 
Highland/State from Third Street to Polk Street 
Calhoun Street from Broadway to Grandview Avenue 
Polk Street from Broadway to Fairlane 
Wise Street-entire street 
Woodward Street-entire street

Work on Graves Street to begin
C-T News Article Tuesday, June 28, 2005
C-T Photo

A portion of Graves Street will be reconstructed over the next four months with the installation of a concrete surface, curbs and gutters. The project involves Graves Street, from Green Street north to Ryan Lane/South Street, at a cost of $448,000 to be paid for out of the city's permanent street fund.

The contract calls for the project to be completed in 120 calendar days, according to Ron Urton, of the city's contracted engineering firm of Shafer, Kline and Warren. He said that the contractor, which is Columbia Curb and Gutter, has said that they plan to start July 1 or sometime next week.

The project involves removing the existing 30-foot wide asphalt street, installing storm drainage piping and curb inlets, constructing a new 30-foot wide concrete street with concrete curb and gutter. Urton said that the work will address some of the flooding issues experienced in the area, noting that some of the flooding problems have already been alleviated when the intersection at Graves and Green streets was recently reconstructed. 

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