Edward Brister: 234-899-1493
Road Supervisor

Your Bristol Township Road department works daily to maintain the roads, ditches, stormwater pipes, and culverts of our Township roads. Within our Township, there are three classes of roads. They are State Roadways (Rt. 45 and Rt. 88), County Roadways (Hyde Shaffer, Hyde Oakfield, etc.), and Township Roadways.
Township Roadways are:

• Messick Rd.

• Peck Leach Rd.

• Fenton Rd.

• Nurse Rd.

• Cory Hunt Rd. (north of Rt. 88)

• Mahan Denman

• Berry Lane

• Oakfield North Rd.

• Mahan Denman North

• Phelps Rd.

• Thompson Clark Rd. (between Hyde Shaffer and Housel Craft)

• Nelson Lane Rd.

• Miller South

• Housel Craft

Bristol Township is responsible for the maintenance of 28 miles of Township roads.  If you see a pothole, garbage, or tires in a ditch, or your ditch is not allowing water to flow, call the road department for assistance. The road department is responsible for keeping all ditches, road culverts, and driveway culverts open and flowing to allow water to flow off of our roads. Water damage is the number one cause of problems on our roads, so please alert the road department if you see water accumulating on our roads due to plugged ditches or culverts.  

Culvert installations:
If you are building a new home, constructing a new driveway into your property, or need to replace a failed driveway culvert, you can hire a local excavator to do the work. A permit from the Township is necessary before construction begins. Please contact the road department; they will help you with the procedure to obtain a permit.  The permit cost is $25 and can be obtained from the Fiscal Officer or printed from this web page at our Administration building.

The Township employs two full-time employees and one part-time employee to perform the required maintenance duties for our roads, park, cemeteries, and buildings. Listed below are some of the duties our crew performs.

Road Maintenance:

• Repair of road surfaces (cold patch, patch & seal, chip & seal)

• Repair of berms

• Cut roadside grass, weeds, brush, trees

• Snow and ice removal from roads, park, administration building, and fire department

Sign Maintenance:

• Regulatory signs (stop, speed,  parking)

• Information signs (street names, cemetery signs, child at play)

• Construction signs (road work, road closed, high water)

Storm Water Maintenance:

• Construct, maintain, and clean stormwater construction basins

• Clean stormwater collection pipes and culverts

• Clean stormwater ditches

• Oversee culvert installation and replacement policy

Cemetery Maintenance:

• Perform internments

• Rehabilitate old headstones and foundations

• Gravesite maintenance (topsoil, grade, seed, etc.)

• Tree maintenance

• Cut grass

Building Maintenance:

• Oversee general repairs (roofing, gutters, painting)

• Oversee septic tank performance

Miscellaneous Maintenance:

• Storm damage cleanup

• Roadside litter, dumped trash

• Annual Township clean-up day

• Scrap tire collection

• Installation of U.S. flags for holidays

• Auxiliary equipment repair (mowers, trimmers, snow blowers)

• Maintenance of all township vehicles

Application For Permit for Installation/Replacement of Driveway Culvert, Landscape Tile, or Basin In Township Right-Of-Way


Bristol Township Policy:
Driveway Culvert, Landscape Tile, or Basin Installation/Replacement

Purpose:
The purpose of this policy is to:
            1. Conform to ORC 5571.16
            2. To establish an application process
            3. To establish an inspection process
            4. To establish a permit fee

Scope of Policy:
This policy applies to Township Residents living on a Bristol Township road right-of-way.

Policy
As per ORC 5571.16 any person installing a new driveway culvert, replacing an existing culvert, or installing a landscape culvert in a township right-of-way shall complete a permit application.

The application shall be submitted to the Township Fiscal Officer. The Fiscal Officer shall collect the permit fee, verify the contractor's proof of insurance, and set up the date and time of the site visit with the Township Road Supervisor and applicant.

The Township Road Supervisor shall hold a pre-construction meeting to determine the proposed project's scope. The preconstruction meeting shall include a layout sketch, pipe size, pipe length, basins' location, and fall determination. A copy of the document shall be given to the applicant. The original shall accompany the permit application.

The Township Road Supervisor shall inspect the site during construction to ensure requirements are met for the installation.

A fee of $25.00 shall be paid by the applicant, at the time of application, to the Township Fiscal Officer. Checks shall be made out to Bristol Township. If the Township Trustees deny the application, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.

The Bristol Trustees are responsible for the final approval of culvert installation/replacement permits. Permit applications must be adopted pursuant to a resolution of the Bristol Board of Trustees.