LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio - Township trustees aretelling residents that passage of a road levy in November is imperative to making roads smooth and driveable.

"If we don't [pass it], they have to realize we won't be paving roads," says trustee chairwoman Jodi Stoyak.

A similar levy failed two years ago, but now Stoyak says the township is working with significantly less money after reductions in revenue from the state and in thelocal government fund, a personal property tax that has been eliminated, and a state tax that will be eliminated.

She saysthe road department has beenpatching up the township's 60 miles of road, but it's only a temporary fix.

Theonly four roads that have been paved recently were done so through grant money that required matching funds. Stoyak says the general fund doesn't have the money to allow thetownship to get those kind of grants again.

At $1,000 a mile to pave the roads, Stoyak says the levy needs to bepassed if the residents want the roads paved.

The road levywill appear on the Nov. 5 ballot for township voters and, if passed, remain in effect for 5 years.

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Liberty asking for road levy in November