Category: Road Construction
Serious Crash on US 24 in Paulding Co.
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Emerald Township – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a serious injury traffic crash that occurred on US 24 at the intersection of County Road 115 in Paulding County. Today at 1:21 PM a 2011 Mercedes-Benz delivery van, driven by Kent C. Mattingly, age 60, of Ft. Wayne, Indiana was southbound…
Landin Road Lane Restriction: City of New Haven
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LANE RESTRICTION **Extension** Landin Road (City of New Haven) **This has been extended until April 27th 2015. Beginning Tuesday, January 20th Landin Road, in New Haven, Indiana will have lane restrictions from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. daily. North and south bound lanes will be restricted intermittently. The restriction will be between Parent Road and…
Village says No Stops are dangerous; ODOT Implies, “Too Bad!”
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Monday March 9th the Village of Payne and Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 1 Deputy Director Kirk Slusher squared off in a debate of the Village’s right to replace the downtown traffic signals. It is ODOT’s position that the intersection of SR 49 and Townline (SR 613) should no longer have any lighted traffic control…
Van Wert Post Investigating Multiple Weather Related Crashes
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Paulding and Van Wert – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a series of weather related crashes which occurred on February 14, 2015. The weather changed abruptly Saturday morning leading to several hours of hazardous weather. Snow started to fall as well as an increase in wind speed created…
INDOT Readies for Rain to Lead into White Christmas
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance supervisors across the state are closely monitoring local weather forecasts and pavement sensors to deploy salt trucks before Christmas Eve rains transition to snow and wintry mix on state highways. Because this storm is leading off with rain, pre-treating roads and bridges must be done just…
SR 930 Paving Operations to Resume the Evening of Sunday. November 30
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Motorists encouraged to seek alternate routes during milling and paving operationsALLEN COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces that milling operations are scheduled to resume on SR 930 (Coliseum Boulevard) between Crescent Avenue and Anthony Boulevard at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 30 and continue throughout the night. Monday, December 1, paving…
Patrol Investigates Fatal Crash
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Village of Pioneer – The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle crash at approximately 8:29 PM on US Highway 20, one half mile west of County Road 15 in Madison Township, Williams County, near the village of Pioneer. A 2000 Ford Explorer, driven by 87 year old Lavon Joice of Montpelier, was…
Oversized load to slow traffic
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Convoy from Indiana destined for Husky Energy Lima RefineryLIMA (Monday, November 10, 2014) – An oversized load traveling from Indiana into Ohio on Wednesday will slow traffic as it makes its way to the city of Lima. Officials with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) are working with Barnhart Crane and Rigging, Memphis, Tenn., on…
Single Lane Restriction of I-469 over North River Road to Begin the Monday, August 18
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Two day lane restrictions due to bridge deck rehabilitation work ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces that the I-469 Bridge over North River Road will be restricted to a single lane throughout the day. Motorists can expect to see lane restrictions on northbound I-469 on Monday, August 18. Southbound lane…
New Haven Road Closure
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Mourey Street between Lincoln Highway East and Park Avenue in New Haven will be closed for sidewalk restoration. This closure is daily from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. beginning Tuesday, August 12, 2014 and will end Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Detour will be posted.
Opinions Clear: Highway is Dangerous. Solutions Vary
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Paulding County has seen many of it’s own killed in the past several years after US 24 opened to a four lane expressway. On Thursday, August 7, Kirk Slusher of ODOT spoke of the US 24 expansion issues and tragedies since the highway has opened, specifically in areas of Paulding and Defiance counties. This took…
Temporary Stoppages on Dupont Road Scheduled for Wednesday, August 6, at 1:30 p.m.
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Traffic to be stopped to accommodate installation of overhead box trussALLEN COUNTY, Ind.—Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces that on Wednesday, August 6, traffic on Dupont Road will be stopped at 1:30 p.m., between Dupont Commerce Court and Dupont Circle Drive, while an overhead box truss sign structure is erected. The placement of the sign…
