Chunk of New Road closed for road repairs

Will Austintown/Mahoning County fix the drainage system to prevent future problems with the road? Or will they just keep spending money repairing the road?

Thank God. I almost killed myself going over that bump!

Well they should just tear the whole road out and do it all over again. put a road bed under there next time and hey would not ahve to repave it every 2 years.

The roads in Austintown are just the worst (other than Youngstown's). Outmoded as can be, but yet more cheapo houses, condos and apartments sprout up, not to mention fast food stuff and businesses that used to be in Youngstown. Tax dollars must be lining somebody's pockets because they sure aren't going to the roads.

You're not kidding. Idaho is probably one of the worst, too. I hope it's next.

id dthe airforce come in overnight and used our raods for bombing practice? it looks like it on almsot every rad you try to drive on Turner Road jsut after Kirk raod is so bad you have to drive at 2 miles per hourr and even then you get a bone jarring ride. that was not like that a week ago.

Mahoning County degrades the currency of the word "engineer."

I think Marisco as Altimzers. He is way too old for the job.

Maybe we ought to fill the potholes in this county with our property tax statements!!!

or with poloticians.

Lost, they could do that.

Or they could just fill them with the actual, physical money that people spend on property taxes. Either way, they're still wasting money by patching those holes week after week.

And then wonder why they claim they have no money to do anytihng.

Potholes pose a hazard to the public and the road will be closed until repairs are made!

It is nice to see someone from the transportation department fixing a road condition problem. Maybe she can run for engineer in the city of Warren. The only problem with that would be the closing of 3/4 of the city streets. If the road conditions don't improve, the city counsel should approve an ordinance allowing off road vehicles on city streets.

Yeah they would have to lose most of the roads and sicne that would lead to a mess they can't do that. 8 weeks seems like it is way too long to me.

no one seems to be doing anytihng to fix their roads anymore until a county truckgegts damaged when they hit a pothole,go figure.

could it be that it would take twice the dollars to really fix all these places than we have available? having said that, i would still like to make my pitch for solving the recurring little pothole problem near the middle of edinburgh drive which also needs to be engineered and fixed properly. our thanks to those responsible, by the way, for fixing the flooding problem at the bottom of ayrshire and edinburgh last year.

They must have dropped a few "Bunker Bombs" on South Turner Road near Meanderwood Entrance during the last enemy strike; it took out the whole road!

yeah that area is a real mess.

Welcome to the valley. After years of kickbacks from the construction companies to the county engineer departments, the potholes are finally taking their toll. How many time over years did this graft go on? When the paving companies were contracted to lay down 3 inches of asphalt and only laid down two inches while bribing the inspector. It's no surprise that our local roads rival 3rd world countries.

and they use the cheapest materails they can find. Instead of the aggergate beinf pea sized it is the size of walnuts now which makes it eaiser for water to get in and freeze and form a new crop of potholes. That would not happen if they used better assphult.

Face it pot holes are a fact of life. This is especially true here in Northeast Ohio where they do salt and clear the roads. I have lived for a long time in North Dakota prior to moving back this winter, and while the pot holes are a nuisance it is much better than in ND where they don't treat the roads, and there are tons of vehicles in the ditch after each winter weather event. I agree that driving sensibly is the answer, but I would much rather dodge pot holes than roll my verhicle on untreated roads.

Well tha means we have to jsut live with them doing a crappy job of maintaning our roads then?