Summary
The city's annual asphalt ($1.3 million) and concrete ($2 million) road repair programs are set, with Mentor-on-the-Lake buying in again for better contract pricing. Work targets completion by late August and mid-October.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 14
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 15, 2026.
Impact analysis
Mentor-on-the-Lake deposits cover its own share; no net cost to Mentor residents for that work.
Drivers on repaved Mentor and Mentor-on-the-Lake streets.
Residents and businesses on the still-unrepaired west end of Route 20.
Mentions & discussions (18)
Mentor gets $2.7 million to resurface two major roads
Mentor gets $2.7 million to resurface two major roads Cleveland.com
Mentor City Council — 2026-09-15
The city landed $2.6 million in ODOT grants for Mentor Avenue and Johnnycake Road paving, with work on Mentor Avenue starting this week mostly overnight.
Mentor City Council — 2026-09-01
A resident asked council for a focused safety review of the Chillicothe/Johnny Cake Ridge intersection, citing right-turn-on-red confusion, horn-honking pressure, and eastbound speeders accelerating out of Kirtland Hills into Mentor. He says the city's traffic monitor measured the wrong direction.
Mentor Avenue resurfacing begins Monday
Mentor Avenue resurfacing begins Monday Cleveland.com
Mentor City Council — 2026-08-18
Council hired American Structurepoint (up to $2.3 million in design) and signed the ODOT funding agreement to widen the SR-615 bridge over I-90 to four lanes with added ramp lanes. Design starts this summer; construction expected fall 2029.
Smoother ride ahead: Mentor approves $2.6M Mentor Avenue resurfacing project
Smoother ride ahead: Mentor approves $2.6M Mentor Avenue resurfacing project Cleveland.com
Mentor City Council — 2026-07-07
A $2.57 million resurfacing of Mentor Avenue from the Painesville Township line to west of Hopkins Road, mostly overnight so both directions of traffic stay open. Work wraps by October 31, 2026, and fixes those sunken manhole covers Blake has been swerving around.
Mentor City Council — 2026-06-16
Council added $405,000 in concrete repairs and $128,000 in asphalt work after freeze-thaw wrecked streets like Stone Mill, Sweet Hollow and the Bellflower S-curve. Ward councilmembers publicly thanked staff for finding the money.
Mentor roads reopen, city says
Mentor roads reopen, city says News-Herald
Mentor City Council — 2026-06-02
Nearly all 2026 asphalt resurfacing is done except Blackbrook Road, which gets milled and resurfaced this week. Civic Center Boulevard reopens temporarily for concerts and finishes its westbound lane work by June 9.
Mentor City Council — 2026-05-19
The Savannah Drive culvert is done and the road reopens May 21; Civic Center Boulevard is closed about three weeks for concrete work; the Blackbrook parking lot finishes paving this week.
Mentor City Council — 2026-04-21
Asphalt repairs start next week in Ward 3 (Ohio Street, Hawk Avenue, Longhorn Road and others) and concrete work in Ward 1, with resident letters from the contractors.
Mentor City Council — 2026-04-07
The city's annual asphalt ($1.3 million) and concrete ($2 million) road repair programs are set, with Mentor-on-the-Lake buying in again for better contract pricing. Work targets completion by late August and mid-October.
Current Construction Projects
Current Construction Projects City of Mentor, Ohio
Mentor City Council approves upcoming road, sidewalk projects
Mentor City Council approves upcoming road, sidewalk projects News-Herald
Mentor City Council — 2026-03-17
Council approved three contracts totaling about $4 million to resurface 19 streets, do concrete repairs on 11 streets, and finish the final zone of the 14-year sidewalk repair program — meaning the cycle starts over citywide.
Mentor City Council — 2026-02-17
Phase I of the SR-20 fix runs from near Target to just past Hopkins Road after July 1 under an OPWC grant; Phase II to past Garfield Road isn't programmed yet, frustrating Donovan.
Mentor City Council — 2026-02-03
Councilperson Blake flagged freeze-cycle damage to roads, especially State Route 84 in Ward 1. The city has about 2,000 tons of salt in stock plus 3,000–4,000 more available through ODOT, and expects road spending at the higher end of its usual $8–10 million range.
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