Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Road has been closed more than a year
Albion Road is tentatively set to reopen Dec. 12, Strongsville officials said. City Engineer Ken Mikula said retaining wall that holds up the crumbling hillside has been built and crews are now hauling away dirt. "The whole key is to get it paved, and that's weather-dependent," Mikula said. Albion has been closed between Handle Road and Valley Parkway since May 10, 2011, when safety officials noticed the pavement was crumbling down a hillside. Officials have called it "the most expensive section of road" in Strongsville because it will cost about $655,000 to repair. The job involved drilling 30-foot holes to anchor 41 pylons that will shore up the embankment, then repaving. The road will also shift a little to smooth out a curve.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
18 months after it closed, repairs are under way
Work is under way on Albion Road, which has been closed between Handle Road and Valley Parkway since May 10, 2011, when safety officials noticed the pavement was crumbling down a hillside. Officials have called it "the most expensive section of road" in Strongsville because it will cost about $650,000 to repair. The job will involve drilling 30-foot holes to anchor 41 pylons that will shore up the embankment, then repaving. The road will actually shift a little to smooth out a curve.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Section has been closed more than a year after pavement crumbled
The city is moving forward with plans to fix a crumbling section of Albion Road. But Mayor Tom Perciak warned City Council Monday that the job will be a costly one. "Wait till you see how expensve this is going to be," he said. The estimate: $689,000. "Of course, we're hoping the bids come in substantially lower," Perciak said. The road has been closed at the Albion Woods picnic area, near Valley Parkway, since May 10, 2011, when officials noticed the road had crumbled down a hillside. It has since deteriorated further, with cracks running almost to the middle of the road, Council President Mike Daymut said. "There is no easy way to fix this," Perciak said. City Engineer Ken Mikula said an engineering firm has determined the best way to …
Friday, February 17, 2012
City doesn't expect repairs to be made till summer
A section of Albion Road that has been closed since May will stay that way till at least this summer. City Engineer Ken Mikula said plans to fix the crumbling roadway are still in the hands of an engineering firm the city hired in last July. "Our consultant is still working on the plans and specifications," Mikula said in an email. The road has been closed at the Albion Woods picnic area, near Valley Parkway, since May 10, when officials noticed the road had crumbled down a hillside. The repair is complicated, officials said, because the asphalt has washed away down a steep hillside, meaning the road will probably have to be realigned, shifting it away from the embankment onto right-of-way on the other side of the street. Mikula said he …
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Repairs have yet to start on crumbling roadway
A section of Albion Road that closed May 10 because of crumbling pavement is still a long way from reopening, city officials said. Mayor Tom Perciak said Monday the city is still waiting for an engineering firm to determine how to repair the road. "We don't even have the engineering back to go out and bid it," Perciak told Councilman at large Joe DeMio, who raised the question at a committee meeting. The road was closed at the Albion Woods picnic area, near Valley Parkway, when officials noticed the pavement had crumbled down a hillside. Crews can't just go in and repave, though, because the asphalt is washed away down a steep hillside. So instead of shoring up the pavement, it is likely the road will be realigned, shifting it away from …
Monday, July 11, 2011
But the project is more complicated than it might seem, officials say
The good news is the city found an engineering firm it can hire to fix Albion Road where it is crumbling without the time-consuming process of getting bids. The bad news is it's not an easy fix. "It's not that simple," Mayor Tom Perciak said. The road has been closed at the Albion Woods picnic area, near Valley Parkway, since May 10, when officials noticed the road had crumbled down a hillside. Crews can't just go in and repave, though, because the asphalt is washed away down a steep hillside. "We don't have enough room to work there," Service Director Joe Walker said. So instead of shoring up the pavement, it is likely the road will be realigned, shifting it away from the embankment onto right-of-way on the other side of the street, City…
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