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Advisory
For Immediate Release:
October 12, 2009
Contact: Dean C. Ringle
(614) 462-3043
Clime
Road to be Closed Three Weeks for Widening and Reconstruction Work
Franklin
County, Ohio
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Dean C. Ringle
, P.E., P.S., Franklin County Engineer announces that the Clime Road widening
and reconstruction project currently under way will require the roadway to be
closed to through traffic at the railroad tracks, between Harrisburg Pike (U.S.
Rt. 62) and Schilling Lane, for approximately three weeks starting on or about
October 19, 2009, weather permitting.
“During
the closure, we will rebuild the south side of
Clime Road
in the vicinity of the railroad tracks,” said Dean Ringle. “East
and west bound travel for local traffic only will be maintained up to the
tracks.”
The detour route for
motorists on Harrisburg Pike wishing to travel west on Clime Road will follow
Briggs Road west to Demorest Road, and south to Clime Road. Clime Road motorists
wishing to travel east, past the railroad tracks, will follow the detour route
in the opposite direction.
Once
the paving operations are completed, two-way travel will be permitted throughout
the project, between Harrisburg Pike and just west of Talbot Place.
Reconstruction
of the south side of
Clime Road
will be under way this November and continue into August 2010 when the project
is scheduled for completion.
RailAmerica,
Inc. is planning to rebuild their railroad crossing in coordination with this
project. Clime Road will then be closed to through traffic and the
Harrisburg Pike/Briggs Road/Demorest Road
detour route will be used again. A
start date has yet to be determined for this work.
The
Franklin County Engineer’s Office is supervising the building of this $7.9
million project by George J. Igel & Company. Funding is being provided by
the Federal Highway Administration and the Ohio
Public Works Commission through the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.
Roadway,
storm sewer, and utility work throughout the project is proceeding on schedule.
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