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Steve Gombach wielded a sledge hammer on icy, treated decking boards with new gloves early Thursday. Gombach is the hands-on assistant manager at the Lakeland Lumber Company on Lakeland Boulevard, right off Interstate 90 at the Babbit Road exit. Ready for the brutal wind’s chill with two heavy, hooded-sweatshirts, he was layered for an extra cold day […]

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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has their plan in place for handling the incoming snow. ODOT District 12, which handles Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties, will have their crews begin 12-hour shifts at 11p.m. Tuesday night. The crews will begin to prep roads in Cuyahoga County first, with 53 snowplows out at 11p.m. In […]

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ODOT has waved to the bullpen for help from Indians relief pitcher Vinnie Pestano asking fans and downtown visitors to be patient with Innerbelt-related detours and delays. Pestano uses a YouTube video to ask fans and visitors to be prepared to deal with new routes and closings, but still come to enjoy what downtown has […]

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ODOT’s District 12, which covers Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties, will have crews out Thursday night and through the morning rush, with expected freezing temperatures and snow. Thursday, crews in all three counties began pre-treating roadways with a brine solution. Brine is a solution of water and salt that helps reduce the chance of snow […]

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If snow causes the roads to get slick, ODOT crews say they are prepared. Crews will be out around the clock in Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties. They say although pavement temperatures remained above freezing all day, they were expected to go below that through the night. As day turned to night, visibility in many […]

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As we head into one of the most dangerous times of the year for crashes at intersections, the Ohio Department of Transportation is aiming to reduce the number of these wrecks by making safety upgrades. At a meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, ODOT representatives will detail safety enhancements to the media that will be […]

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GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – Rusted steel, chipping and cracking concrete.  Miles and miles of sound barriers around Cleveland that don’t need to be broken, they’re falling apart on their own. “Obviously, there’s disappointment.  Many of these walls were expected to last 20 years.  We got close to 15 years,” Jackie Shafer with ODOT said. […]

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GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – Rusted steel, chipping and cracking concrete.  Miles and miles of sound barriers around Cleveland that don’t need to be broken, they’re falling apart on their own. “Obviously, there’s disappointment.  Many of these walls were expected to last 20 years.  We got close to 15 years,” Jackie Shafer with ODOT said. […]

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As another winter wallop heads this way, the city of Cleveland is ready to keep the roads clear. As of 9 p.m. Thursday, there are 60 snow removal crews out pre-treating Cleveland streets, according to a news release from the city. The city plans to have 11 snow graders out with operators working 12-hour shift […]

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  ODOT will update Twitter feeds when traffic is slowed by major construction or accidents that might close more than one lane of traffic for a significant amount of time. It will provide information for traffic in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo. Twitter is a social-media tool that allows people to send out […]

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  ODOT will update Twitter feeds when traffic is slowed by major construction or accidents that might close more than one lane of traffic for a significant amount of time. It will provide information for traffic in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo. Twitter is a social-media tool that allows people to send out […]