Turnpike plazas won’t have fuel


April 3, 2017 at 12:00a.m.

Turnpike plazas won’t have fuel

BEREA

The Ohio Turnpike Commission announced Sunday that no gasoline or diesel fuel will be available at the Brady’s Leap and Portage Services plazas in Portage County for the next 90 days while the fuel systems are undergoing an upgrade.

According to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, although the service plazas remain open, the fuel-pump shutdown applies to both eastbound and westbound traffic at the 197-mile marker of the turnpike.

The shutdowns mean that eastbound turnpike drivers who don’t fill up at the Towpath Plaza in Cuyahoga County will not have fuel available for 67 miles until they reach the Glacier Hills Plaza in Mahoning County. Westbound drivers also face a fuel drought for a 67-mile stretch of the toll road since there are no fuel pumps operating between the Mahoning Valley and Great Lakes plazas.

School day extended

AUSTINTOWN

Austintown schools extended the early-release day scheduled for May 10 to a full-student day. The early-release day is canceled because it would have interfered with students attending Camp Fitch.