LIME CITY – Perrysburg Township trustees recommended two options involving roundabouts Wednesday for
reconfiguring the intersection of Buck and Lime City roads.
The project is a joint effort among the township and four other stakeholders: Rossford, the Wood County
Engineer’s Office, the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Rossford Transportation Improvement
District. Grant funding will cover a significant portion of the project, but it has not been determined
how other costs would be split among those entities.
Improvements are needed because of congestion during certain times of the day in the area just west of
Interstate 75. Efforts to reconfigure the intersection have been under discussion since the Penta Career
Center, which opened in 2008, was being constructed. A plan involving roundabouts was nixed by Rossford
in 2012.
The first choice, option C, involves two roundabouts, one at the intersection of the two roads and
another at the entrance to Penta Career Center on Buck Road.
The next preferred alternative, option D, has a roundabout at the intersection and a traffic signal at
Penta, with turn lanes added to Buck Road.
Including right of way acquisition, Option C is estimated at $2.3 million and Option D at about $2.1
million. It’s anticipated that Penta will give up land without reimbursement as a contribution to the
project.
"That helps immensely," said trustee Bob Mack.
Trustees Mack and Gary Britten voted to recommend the two options. Trustee Craig LaHote was not present
Wednesday.
Trustees’ preferred alternatives were also selected as the best options by the county engineer’s office.

Once the group reaches a consensus, hearings will be scheduled for the public to consider the options and
make comments.
Also Wednesday, trustees recommended that the township Zoning Commission approve a change from A-1
Agricultural zoning to I-2 Industrial for 1.3 acres at Five Point and Lime City roads, where the owner
operates an existing landscaping business.
The change would be for zoning regulations to be voted on in November for about half of the township
which is currently not zoned. Township officials have sought input from landowners on proposed zoning
classifications and recommended changes based on existing uses.
Wednesday was the second public hearing on the zoning initiative, after which additional changes to how
the regulations would be applied would need to go through the Zoning Commission.
"There’s no procedure for changes after tonight’s hearing," said Walt Celley, township
administrator.
Separately, trustees agreed to move their department head meeting next week from 2 p.m. Wednesday to 5
p.m. Tuesday. Scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday is a public hearing for another request for a zoning change.

The board entered closed session to discuss sale of property and employee discipline and compensation,
with no action anticipated.