The Columbus City Council has approved another $11.1 million to repave city streets, part of a roughly $35 million overall plan to refinish nearly 400 streets this year. The contract with the Strawser Paving Company, of Columbus, represents the second of a three-phase resurfacing program, and will address 108 streets and 750 curb ramps.

The Columbus City Council has approved another $11.1 million to repave city streets, part of a roughly $35 million overall plan to refinish nearly 400 streets this year.

The contract with the Strawser Paving Company, of Columbus, represents the second of a three-phase resurfacing program, and will address 108 streets and 750 curb ramps.

Council members unanimously approved the contract at City Hall on Monday.

The first two of the three phases focus on the Far East Side, South Side, Linden, Hilltop and Franklinton neighborhoods. There also are many streets on the North Side included, as well as areas near Westerville and Blendon Township.

The first two phases will refinish 268 streets.

Councilman Shannon Hardin said the city's entire resurfacing plan � all three phases � will be completed by late September.

The city has budgeted more than $30 million in recent years to fix streets that are in disrepair. A study commissioned by former Mayor Michael B. Coleman found the city should be spending at least double that per year to properly address neighborhoods.

Also Monday night, the City Council approved writing Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center a $1.7 million check because of new jobs that the hospital created in 2014.

The city has an agreement with the university to repay a portion of income tax generated by new jobs created at the medical center.

Ohio State approached the city nearly 10 years ago to receive incentives on the $1.1 billion expansion of its medical center.

University trustees approved the expansion in 2008 that started with the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital.

"These incentives are performance-based and are a tool used to grow jobs," said Councilwoman Elizabeth Brown. "It protects the public because employers only get the incentives for creating new jobs."

At nearly 28,000 employees, Ohio State is the largest employer in the city.

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