Culvert replacement to begin on Bates Road
Bates Road in Chester Township will be closed for five days between state Route 250 and Smithville Western Road beginning Monday for a culvert replacement projects, according to the Wayne County Engineer s Office. The recommended detour is Route 250 to Elyria Road to Smithville Western Road, and reverse. Detour signs will be posted.
Culvert replacement on state Route 95
State Route 95, just east of South Jefferson Road, will close Monday, May 17, for a culvert replacement. The detour for eastbound motorists will be Route 95 to state Route 179, south state Route 3, north to Route 95, and reverse for southbound motorists. Estimated completion is Friday, May 21.
Wayne County road projects
The Wayne County Engineer’s Office will service over 135 miles of county roads this year. It also plans to replace nine large culverts. Projects currently disrupting traffic are on Dalton Fox Lake Road and South Elyria Road.
Dalton Fox Lake Road (County Road 32) between Church Road and Burkhard Road
Project: Culvert replacement
Time frame: 30 days
Detour: Traveling on Church Road, turn north onto state Route 94 then east onto Burton City Road. Reverse the directions for the opposite route of travel.
South Elyria Road (County Road 149) between state Routes 226 and 3
Project: Culvert replacement
Time frame: 14 days
Detour: Traveling on state Route 226, turn north onto North Main Street, which turns into Jefferson Road, then turn west onto Millbrook Road. Traveling on state Route 3, turn onto South Elyria Road then turn east onto Millbrook Road. Next, turn south onto Jefferson Road, which turns into North Main Street in Shreve, then turn south onto
This portrait of Mayor George Wickens appears in Birth of a City, one of two essential histories of Lorain penned by his grandson, the late attorney William G. Wickens. George Wickens served as mayor of Lorain in the boom of 1894 and 1895. with the coming of the steel mill and major improvements to the city, George Wickens could be considered the father of 20th century Lorain. Birth of a City - Courtesy of Bob Wickens