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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Marks Road to Reopen by June 1

Culvert replacement will start soon

  A culvert under Marks Road will be replaced soon and the road will reopen to traffic by June 1, a city official said. City Engineer Ken Mikula said Strongsville was able to fast-track the culvert project -- a job not scheduled to be done till 2014 -- to get Marks Road reopened before a project on Boston Road starts June 1. "We need to get this going," Mikula said. "We have to be done and the road reopened by June 1 because that's when work will start on Boston at the railroad tracks." Marks was abruptly closed in December after a Cuyahoga County inspector said the corrugated metal pipe under Marks Road was ready to collapse.  Marks remains closed between Lunn Road and the railroad tracks. City Council agreed Monday to hire Cole …

tom m

11:27 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013

I do not see why they need to spend all that money to fix the Boston road train tracks ...........they already have a posted speed limit and stop signs at the tracks ...........now I have not taken the drivers test in years but as I recall you are not to drive faster than the posted speed limit .............and you are supposed to stop at those red signs marked STOP ....... following those rules …   more ›

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Marks Road Could Reopen Next Summer

City trying to move up culvert replacement project

  City officials believe they can fast-track a project to replace a culvert under Marks Road and get the street reopened next June. Strongsville abruptly closed the road earlier this month after a Cuyahoga County inspector said the corrugated metal pipe under Marks Road is ready to collapse.  Marks remains closed between Lunn Road and the railroad tracks. The culvert isn't scheduled to be replaced till 2014. But Mayor Tom Perciak said Monday the city has been meeting with officials from Cuyahoga and Lorain counties and Columbia Township to do "everything we can to move up the timetable." Perciak said he believes the project can be finished by June 2013. "That's a year sooner than we thought," he said. City Engineer Ken Mikula said the …

Carmen

9:55 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012

I should of been a little more clear in my original statement I was trying to bring out the fact that that section of Marks road has been in trouble for several years and the situation grew progressively from the heavy rains of 2011 It was No Secret. The repair was going to be costly the City of Strongsville and the counties of Cuyahoga and Lorain County and Columbia Twp were all aware and each …   more ›

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