Commissioners OK closings of a series of roads for maintenance work on bridges

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County commissioners this morning approved closings of a series of roads for maintenance work on bridges that carry them over the Ohio Turnpike.

Raccoon Road will close for about 14 days beginning Monday.

State Route 46 will close May 23, Herbert Road on June 20 and Beard Road on July 18, each for about 21 days.

The Route 46 and Raccoon and Herbert Road crossings of the turnpike are in Canfield; the Beard Road crossing is in Springfield Township.

Work will also be performed on the U.S. Route 224 bridge over the turnpike in Canfield, where traffic will be maintained, but that work won’t be performed during the Canfield Fair, said County Engineer Patrick Ginnetti.

The commissioners also declared April Fair Housing Month, bought a 2016 Jeep Cherokee for the county building inspection department for $23,500, and accepted a $28,036 state grant for this summer’s Berlin Reservoir sheriff’s department boat patrol.

The commissioners’ next meeting will be at 10 a.m. April 28 in the Oakhill Renaissance Place auditorium in conjunction with a veterans job, training and benefits fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day at Oakhill.