FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- Orange barrel season is coming to Fairview Park this summer, with a $679,000 road project planned for the city.

"It's a little bit more of a robust program this year compared to 2017, when we budgeted $680,000, with the actual bids coming in at $643,000," said Shawn Leininger, the city's director of public service and development.

"We did have a little bit of contingency spending, so we ended around $650,000. This year's program is just a preliminary estimate. There's also $75,000 in engineering costs," he said.

Mayor Eileen Ann Patton added, "These streets are selected for full depth repair, asphalt overlay or crack sealing. This is our 29th street repair program year. We appreciate our residents for the support of this quarter-percent income tax, which allows this program to continue."

The 2018 project includes Story Road, West 220th Street (Lorain Road north), West 210th Street (Lorain Road to Mastick Road), West 220th Street (Lorain Road to Mastick Road), Lorain Road, West 214th Street (Lorain Road to Westwood Avenue), North Sagamore Road, West Valley Lane and Southpark Drive (West 210th Street to West 213th Street).

Regarding the Story Road, West 220th Street and West 210th Street work, Leininger noted that the city applied for and received $82,697 in Cuyahoga County's Road Maintenance program funds toward materials for those projects.

"We're trying to take advantage of other funding that's available out there to help offset some of our costs," said Leininger, who expects work to begin in mid-summer and be finished by early fall.

Traffic will be maintained during all project work.

Looking ahead, Fairview Park is currently having conversations with Cuyahoga County about partnering on a Mastick Road resurfacing project.

"That street is in the worst condition," Leininger said. "The county has some programs we're hoping come available that will help us soon with the repair of Mastick Road.

"Also, the county does have a ($5 million) Mastick Road Bridge project they're working on for 2019. We're hopeful it's either concurrent with or immediately following that bridge repair that we can together do something with the entire street, similar to how the county repaired Mastick Road in North Olmsted."

In the meantime, before any projects get started, Patton said, "It's been a tough winter on our roads this year and our Service Department will be out with temporary cold patch until the asphalt plants open for permanent repairs."