Construction is set to pick back up on a new apartment complex and senior living center on South Avenue after a mistake was made removing too much natural habitat during site development.

Boardman Township Trustees approved a remediation plan that will replace trees and shrubbery that was wrongfully removed by International Contracting--causing trustees to place a stop-work order on the project, called The Pointe at Walker Mill.

According to blueprints provided by the trustees, more than 200 plants, trees and shrubbery will be placed on about three acres of land behind the four-story, 50-unit senior living center.

Additionally, a seeding mix and a cover crop of Rye, Wheat or Perennial Rye Grass, will cover the entirety of the affected area.

The goal of the plan is to replace ecological functionality to the area while also screening the construction to the surrounding residents.

The plan also includes the possibility of regrading the area to what it was like before International went through and removed the vegetation.

Cost of replanting is unclear, however the township will not foot the bill for it.

During the initial preparation for the project, International removed about 20 trees and .40 acres of greenery from the impacted area.

International was fired from the job and replaced, according to Boardman Zoning Director T.J. Kieran.

Work on the construction project will continue tomorrow, March 12.