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.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
But mayor promises it will be fixed this year
Repairs to a crumbling section of roadway that has kept Albion Road closed for more than a year were supposed to start Tuesday. But the work was delayed again because the materials needed for the project are not yet ready, City Engineer Ken Mikula said. Mayor Tom Perciak promised, though, that the long-in-coming project would begin soon. "It's going to get done this year," Perciak said. "We haven't forgotten about you on Albion Road." The road 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. Perciak said the cost and …
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 …
Tammy
4:29 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
What a bunch of nonsense. They need to quit making up excuses and get it fixed already!! This is ridiculous!! more ›