Beginning this week (on Monday, May 18) Ohio Turnpike customers traveling after dark will notice an increase in the number of active work zones at night. The Ohio Turnpike, for the second season in a row, is staffing night-time work zones with Turnpike maintenance workers.
Maintenance operations, such as full depth and partial depth pavement repairs, joint sealing, and raised pavement marker replacement require closing two lanes of traffic. As a result of the double lane closures, traffic can back up during the heavily traveled summer season.
"The benefit to the customer is there are fewer lane restrictions during day-time travel, which means reaching your destination on time," said Chris Matta, Maintenance Engineer. "Although customers may be familiar with seeing work zone signage and traffic drums at night, they will notice an increase in night-time activity within work zones."
Portable message boards will caution customers prior to arriving in the night-time work zones, which will be in use in four work zones in the eastbound lanes between Windham Township in Portage County and Perrysburg Township in Wood County (Milepost 202 to 64). Currently, there is one night-time work zone scheduled in the westbound lanes at Milepost 139 in Amherst Township (Lorain County).
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Chris Matta
Mainteance Enginner
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