Ted StricklandGovernor

Jolene M. MolitorisDirector, ODOT

Bonita G. Teeuwen, P.E.Deputy Director, ODOT District 12

The Ohio Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Volume VII, Issue 4 Fall 2010 October 2010

Lake and Geauga County Construction Wrap-up

T r u s t e e T i m e sCommunicating with the Trustees of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga Counties

Amanda Lee The leaves are falling off the trees and the orange bar-rels are falling off the roadways as winter approaches. Crews have worked hard all spring and summer to resur-face and widen roadways, replace bridge decks and per-form many repairs to improve our roads. In some areas, those orange construc-tion barrels will be gone for good, as the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and contractors have completed work. Other projects will bring the orange barrels back when the leaves return to the trees in the spring.Lake County There were 16 active projects in Lake County this year totaling more than $260 million dollars. Five of these projects will continue into the 2011 construction season. Minor work will take place on each proj-ect throughout the winter with little or no impact to traffic.Interstate 90 In eastern Lake County, the Interstate 90 major pave-ment reconstruc-tion continues along the roadway between Paine Road and the Ashtabula County line. In mid-Novem-ber crews will shift traffic back to the normal configura-tion – two lanes in each direction – for the winter months. Minor operations

will continue through the winter with no impacts to traffic. In mid-April crews will again shift traffic using temporary crossovers. The entire project is expected to be complete during the summer of 2012.

State Route 2, Phase II Phase II of the State Route 2 modernization and lane addition in the Cities of East-lake, Mentor and Willoughby between State Route 91 and Newell Creek/State Route 306 has been very active this con-struction season. In mid-November 2010, crews will shift all State Route 2 traffic between Vine Street and Lost Nation Road to the westbound lanes utilizing cross-overs. This traffic pattern will remain in effect through the

winter. Bridge reconstruction and traffic signal work will continue through the winter months with minimal impacts

to traffic. Major work will resume in late-March 2011 and the entire project is expected to be complete in October 2011.State Route 2, Phase III Phase III of the State Route 2 modernization and lane addition in the Cities of Mentor and Painesville and Painesville Township rehabilitates State Route 2, adds a lane between State Route 306 and State Route 44 and constructs noise barriers. State Route 2 traffic between State Route 306 and State Route 44 will remain in the current configuration with two lanes in each direction through the winter. Work will continue on the State Route 615 bridge over See Construction Wrap-up, Page 2

SR 2 modernization and lane addition between SR 91 and Newell Creek/SR 306 is expected to be complete in October 2011.

I-90 major pavement reconstruction between Paine Road and the Ashtabula County line began in April 2010.

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www.BuckeyeTraffic.org

Trustee Times Staff Over the last several weeks, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) garages in Cuyahoga, Geauga and Lakes counties inspected, checked and fine-tuned snow removal equipment, as part of county-by-county Operational Readiness Events. This season, District 12 will have 87 plow trucks and 170 trained drivers ready to clear ice and snow from the state’s roadways and bridges. District 12 maintains more than 2,600 lane miles of state highway. “The men and women who clear our roads are highly trained and understand the importance of their job,” said Dennis Albrecht, Jr., District 12 Highway Manage-ment Administrator. “Safety is ODOT’s number one pri-ority and our driver’s understand the importance of keep-ing the traveling public safe during ice and snow storms.” Last winter, District 12 used 65,759 tons of salt to keep highways and bridges safe and passable throughout the season. “Our salt supply is fully stocked for when the first

snow falls,” added Albrecht. Although the calendar still reads October, ODOT is already “Working for Winter” inspecting every snowplow

and salt spreader in its fleet to make sure they are road ready when the first snowflake falls. The reason: a report showing that if Ohio’s transportation system shut down for even just one day because of snow and ice, Ohio workers could lose out

on as much as $200 million in wages and paychecks. Beyond the plows, ODOT will once again remind

drivers that in “Ice and Snow… Take it Slow.” To keep drivers safe this winter, ODOT wants driv-ers to “KNO B4 U GO” with a safe driving “tweet” from Twitter at ODOT_Cleveland. ODOT’s Twitter efforts build upon the success of the department’s premier traffic Web site www.BuckeyeTraf-fic.org. With user-friendly, map-based features, ODOT’s Web site had more than 131 million hits last winter.

Operational Readiness Keeps Ohioans ‘Working for Winter’

Construction Wrap-up, ContinuedFrom Page 1 State Route 2 with no impact to traffic. Major work will resume in mid-March 2011 and the entire project is expected to be complete during the fall of 2012.State Route 91 and U.S. 20 In the City of Willoughby, crews have been hard at work upgrading the busy intersection of State Route 91 and U.S. 20. By the end of November 2010 crews expect to have all lanes open on State Route 91 between State Route 2 and U.S. 20. This configuration will remain in place through the winter as traffic signal work takes place with minimal impacts to traffic. In April 2011 crews will resume major operations and lane restrictions will again be implemented on State Route 91. The entire project is expected to be complete during

the summer of 2011. Willowick Signalization The signalization upgrade project in the City of Wil-

lowick on Lakeshore Boulevard, Vine Street and East 305th Street will also continue into next

year. Over the winter, crews will continue work to upgrade the traffic signals in the area with minor impacts to traffic. This project is funded by the American Recov-ery and Reinvestment Act. The entire project is expected to be complete in June 2011.

Geauga County During the 2010 Construction season, there

were seven active construction projects totaling more than $6 million. Geauga County won’t see any con-struction projects rolling over into 2011, but they did have their fair share of construction this season.