Timber Run Drive extension now open after Gibson Road closes

CANFIELD

Gibson Road closed Thursday for a few months while the bridge over the Ohio Turnpike is rebuilt.

That means the Timber Run Drive extension, connecting the Stonebridge development in the city to the Westbury development in the township, is now open. It had been a 150-foot emergency access road and is now a two-lane road with a sidewalk.

Westbury is a development off of Gibson Road, north of the state Route 46 and Herbert Road intersection, while Stonebridge comes off of Herbert Road, with two entrances to the subdivision, west of Herbert and Route 46.

A Canfield Police Department speed trailer has been set up on Timber Run Drive, facing traffic coming from the now-open road between Alabaster Avenue and Sandstone Lane.

“If people actually drove 25 mph, it wouldn’t be a big deal,” said David Padgett, a Stonebridge resident. Padgett was one of about seven residents who have spoken at city council meetings since the announcement of the access road being turned into a two-lane road was made.

The Ohio Turnpike Commission, with assistance from the Stonebridge Land Corp. in the city, paid $55,000 to make the road as a detour for the Gibson Road project.

The reconstruction of that bridge is expected to be finished in October.

Read much more in Friday's Vindicator.