Route 224 congestion study has stalled

BOARDMAN — A couple of years ago, residents and state and local officials conducted regular meetings, trying to hash out solutions to the Mahoning Valley’s biggest traffic headache.

But over the last year or so, talks on how to fix U.S. Route 224’s congestion, traffic volume and high number of accidents have gone cold.

The project, in the works for several years, has been a victim of a shrunken state budget, said Paula Putnam, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Transportation District 4.

“When Gov. [Ted] Strickland came into office, he wanted to review all of the projects,” she said.

Read more in Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com