Coventry Township, OH – The Summit County Engineer’s office will be closing a portion of Portage Lakes Drive between Peach Drive and Cormany Road due to a failure of the roadway on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Due to persistent erosion exacerbated by the July 19th storm, there is a failed retaining wall, eroded berm, and failure of the eastbound pavement edge.
Portage Lakes Drive will be closed beginning at 8am August 2nd. The road will remain closed while workers are reconstructing the roadway.
Traffic on Portage Lakes Drive will be detoured during normal working hours to give maintenance workers the opportunity to excavate the failed portion of the roadway and to facilitate repairs to the retaining wall. During the evening hours and on weekends, Portage Lakes Drive will operate with alternating one-way traffic flows at the work zone. A temporary traffic signal will control the traffic when workers are not present on-site. The signal will be in operation indefinitely until reconstruction work is completed and we restore the road back to a safe width for two-way traffic.
The detour will be along Manchester Road to State Mill. Detour routes will be posted. Road closed signs will be posted to alert motorists when all traffic must follow the posted detour. When the road is closed access to all local properties will be maintained at all times. Access to Manda Bait and Tackle (947 Portage Lakes Drive) and the State Park will be from the east when the road is closed.
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