Holmes County releases 2026 road paving schedule, 19.5 miles planned
County Road 53, 160, 200, 292 and 621 are first in line for Holmes County’s 2026 paving package, a 19.462-mile plan tied to the road sales tax fund.
County Road 53, County Road 160, County Road 200, County Road 292 and County Road 621 are the first roads set for Holmes County’s 2026 paving work, a 19.462-mile package that will bring lane closures, flagging and occasional detours when crews move in. Two more stretches, County Road 77 North and County Road 189, could still be added if bid pricing allows, which would raise the year’s total to 25.738 miles.
The Holmes County Board of Commissioners moved the project forward at its April 6, 2026 meeting, when members accepted the bid award for the 2026 0.25% Sales Tax County Road Paving Project. County Engineer’s Office records show the work was recommended to Melway Paving Co., Inc. of Millersburg, with a base bid of $2,586,342.55 and Alternate 2 priced at $641,280.15. County records also show Melway Paving was awarded the 2025 paving package at $2,572,378.
The paving plan sits inside the county’s voter-approved 0.25% permissive sales tax road program, first approved in 2016 and renewed in 2021 for the 2022-2026 cycle. Holmes County Engineer public materials say the county maintains about 250 miles of county roads and 283 county bridges, and the long-term goal is to repave county roads on a roughly 10-year cycle. In the 2025 annual report, County Engineer Christopher R. Young said 2026 would mark the program’s 10th year and that the county expected to be about 13 miles ahead of schedule by the end of 2026.
The county’s paving dashboard says about 257 miles have been repaved so far, with roughly $22.9 million spent through the program. That work has turned the annual paving list into a recurring county issue for residents who depend on these roads for school runs, farm equipment, commuter traffic and local deliveries. The newest package points to another season of disruption on township roads, but also to another step toward keeping the county’s road network on the cycle commissioners set in motion nearly a decade ago.
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