The complainant, a former employee, refused to comply with the investigation after making the initial allegation. State investigators found no evidence of corner-cutting.
“An analysis of purchase and delivery records obtained by an inspector general subpoena showed the asphalt plant received more than the necessary quantity of asphalt binder containing the specified polymer additive to complete the state paving projects,” Ohio Inspector General Randall Meyer said in a news release.
The allegations in this case were very similar to those made about an asphalt plant in Tiffin that led to no findings of wrongdoing in December after former employees refused to talk to investigators.
OIG spokesman Carl Enslen said these investigations would be aided by additional inspections and record-keeping by the Ohio Department of Transportation.
“There’s always the possibility there could be those allegations, we just want to see more (documentation),” he said. “That would make it better.”
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