About half the project, which the city said started July 9, is done on Ohio 48, locally known as Far Hills Avenue, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
“The contractor has submitted a new asphalt mix for the project,” ODOT spokeswoman Loryn Bryson told the Dayton Daily News.
“ODOT is currently reviewing the mix,” she added. “Once the mix is approved, it will be up to the contractor to determine when work resumes.”
Meanwhile, Bryson said, all lanes between Dayton and Kettering are open on the street, one of the most heavily traveled roadways in Montgomery County’s south suburbs.
Oakwood Mayor Bill Duncan said the city was told about the delay this week and informed the school district Tuesday.
ODOT officials in July said the repaving was on pace to be done early this month, well ahead of the first day for students at Oakwood Junior and Senior high schools at 1200 Far Hills.
“The delay in the project will not impact the start of the school year,” Oakwood schools Community Relations Director Amanda Brown said in an email.
“Student safety is our top priority,” Brown added. “We are in regular communication with (the) city to monitor this situation and will share more information with our students and families closer to the first day of school.”
Each year, school district officials and the Oakwood Safety Department hold training for crossing guards, she said. The training is scheduled for next week, Brown said.
Bryson said the northbound and southbound outside curb lanes have been completed along Oakwood’s two-mile stretch of Far Hills. Work on the two median lanes remain, she said.
The Far Hills resurfacing project started shortly after the city finished other work on the road as part of a $2.1 million sewer reconstruction. That project started last summer and commonly required lane closures on the state route.
The average number of vehicles using Ohio 48 daily ranges from about 14,700 at Stewart Street in Dayton to more than 41,500 at Interstate 675 in Centerville, ODOT records show.
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