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  • [Gridlock Alert] West Loveland Ave. project postponed until Jan. 14-16

    [Gridlock Alert] West Loveland Ave. project postponed until Jan. 14-16

    City Hall released this statement:

    We just received word that this closure/detour is cancelled due to utility relocation. There will be NO CLOSURE of West Loveland Avenue Jan. 14-16.

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    Due to weather conditions, this project is being pushed back one week. The new dates for the closure/detour are Jan. 14-16.

    Loveland, Ohio – Construction on the Cherokee Drive Water Main Replacement Project in the Loveland Heights will require a road closure and detour.

    West Loveland Avenue will be closed at Cherokee Drive to allow crews to connect new water main beneath the road surface. Contractors now plan the three-day road closure daily from 9 AM until 3 PM on Tuesday, January 14th until the 16th.

    The original road closure dates were January 7 through 9.

    Motorists will be instructed to use the following detour routes:

    TO TRAVEL WESTBOUND:

    • West Loveland Avenue to Wall Street to Fallis Road to Rich Road to West Loveland Avenue

    TO TRAVEL EASTBOUND:

    • West Loveland Avenue to Rich Road to Fallis Road to Wall Street to West Loveland Avenue

    According to City Hall, “The Heights area has an aging, undersized, and brittle cast iron water main that is degrading, which makes breaks occur more frequently. In this project, the city is installing more than 2,700 feet of new water main to replace the outdated water lines. Additionally, the project involves replacing valves, modifying the storm sewer to improve drainage, and installing additional fire hydrants.”

  • Kemper Road in Symmes Township along Little Miami to close for 2 days

    Kemper Road in Symmes Township along Little Miami to close for 2 days

    Symmes Township, Ohio – From Nov. 10 at 5 PM through Nov. 12 at 5 PM (weather permitting), a sanitary sewer will be installed along East Kemper Road between Loveland-Madeira Road and Twightwee Road in Symmes Township. The contractor’s detour route will be Loveland-Madeira Road — West Loveland Avenue — South Riverside Avenue to East Kemper Road — and vice versa. If you have questions, please contact the Hamilton County Engineer’s Office at (513) 946-8430.

  • Columbia Road/Davis Road/Myrtle Avenue intersectionto close for 4 months

    Columbia Road/Davis Road/Myrtle Avenue intersectionto close for 4 months

    Deerfield Township, Ohio – The Columbia Road and Davis Road/Myrtle Avenue intersection will be closed for the construction of a roundabout beginning Monday, July 22, for sixteen weeks.

    The Columbia Road closure location is between addresses 9311 and 9228. All addresses along Davis Road will only have access from the east.

    During Phase 1 of the road closure, Myrtle Avenue will have access from the north until the traffic is switched, then during Phase II – access will be from the south.

    The roundabout will be constructed by Ford Development Corporation and the project is funded by the Warren County Board of County Commissioners, Warren County Engineer’s Office, and Deerfield Township through the Warren County Transportation Improvement District.

    The detour for the Columbia Road closure will utilize Fields-Ertel Road and US22/SR3. The detour for Davis Road closure will utilize Rich Road, Fields-Ertel Road, and US22/SR3. Myrtle Avenue will have access from Columbia Road.

  • Fallis Road to close August 9 through August 15

    Fallis Road to close August 9 through August 15

    Symmes Township, Ohio – From August 9 through August 15, Hamilton County will be replacing an existing bridge wingwall at 10624 Fallis Road between Riveroaks Drive and Betty Ray Drive.

    This requires the closure of Fallis Road.

    The detour route will be Rich Road – West Loveland Avenue – Wall Street – Fallis Road and vice versa.

  • Historic Downtown Loveland sliced and diced at West Loveland for 3 days in June

    Historic Downtown Loveland sliced and diced at West Loveland for 3 days in June

    by David Miller

    Loveland, Ohio – Pregnant or with kidney stones, the railroad crossing in Historic Downtown Loveland has been a pain for much too long. Repairs won’t come smoothly however and you might want to plan your due date to avoid June 11 through the 13th if you planned to go through downtown.

    The West Loveland Avenue railroad crossing will be repaired from Sunday, June 11 through Tuesday, June 13, and there will be a complete road closure to repair the sunken pavement.

    City Hall says that “responsive” to the observation of deterioration of the pavement surface at the rail crossing, the City has been working with representatives of the Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Railroad to develop and implement a repair plan.

    During the construction period, West Loveland Avenue will be closed from Grear Millitzer Place, near City Hall and Plaid Room Records, to the State Route 48 and Second Street intersection at Graeters’s Ice Cream.

    City Hall says that motorists will be instructed to use the following detour routes, which have been approved by city and township authorities. Locals will not be following their advice, however; and will go to the Karl Brown Way underpass instead, where there is an 8′ clearance for trucks and vans. Only heaven can help us if vehicles get stuck inside the underpass.

    No matter, there will be 3-days of gridlock in June. Locals may talk about the “3 days of June ’23” for decades.

    TO TRAVEL WESTBOUND:

    • State Route 48 to Loveland-Miamiville Road to Wards Corner Road to Branch Hill Guinea Pike to Bridge Street to Loveland-Madeira Road to West Loveland Avenue.

    TO TRAVEL EASTBOUND:

    • West Loveland Avenue to Loveland-Madeira Road to Bridge Street to Branch Hill Guinea Pike to Wards Corner Road to Loveland-Miamiville Road to State Route 48 to West Loveland Avenue.

  • Loveland Bike Trail’s O’Bannon Creek Bridge Closure

    Loveland Bike Trail’s O’Bannon Creek Bridge Closure

    by David Miller

    Loveland, Ohio – The O’Bannon Creek Bridge in Historic Downtown on the Loveland Bike Trail (Little Miami Scenic Trail) will be temporarily closed starting March 6th. Little Miami State Park, the division of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that oversees the trail said that the bridge is nearing the end of its life expectancy and that they are “proactively replacing it before it becomes unsafe”.

    Google Image

    It will open again at the end of March and then close from May to October. There is no designated detour, however, local trail users will know that heading east on West Loveland Avenue and leaving Historic Downtown by heading north on State Route 48, then turning left onto Lyon Avenue will quickly take users to the other side of the closed bridge. From Lyon Avenue take either fork in the road to get back on the trail.

    EDITOR’S NOTE: We have received a message from one of our faithful readers who lives on Maple avenue and she would rather not see people use the street as a detour. She said, “My street isn’t a proper workaround. Maple is a narrow, short dead-end street that doesn’t connect through to the trail, as depicted on the Google map. Our little neighborhood has several families with young children and would appreciate not having all the trail traffic directed our way. If trail users just stay on Lyon (which has just one house and no kids), they will quickly come to its intersection.”

  • East Kemper to close August 11-19

    East Kemper to close August 11-19

    Symmes Township, Ohio – The Hamilton County Engineer’s Office is planning an emergency repair to a county-maintained culvert on East Kemper Road.

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  • [UP-DATE] East Kemper Road closure

    [UP-DATE] East Kemper Road closure

    The Hamilton County Engineer has delayed this project two days. The project will now begin on December 15 and end on December 17.

    Symmes Township, Ohio – Begining December 13 and through December 15 (weather permiting),  East Kemper Road will be closed  between Loveland Madeira Road and Twightee Road to repair a bridge.

    The detour route will be from Loveland Madeira Road to West Loveland Avenue to Riverside Drive to East Kemper Road and vice versa.

  • East Kemper Road closure

    East Kemper Road closure

    Symmes Township, Ohio – Begining December 13 and through December 15 (weather permiting),  East Kemper Road will be closed  between Loveland Madeira Road and Twightee Road to repair a bridge.

    The detour route will be from Loveland Madeira Road to West Loveland Avenue to Riverside Drive to East Kemper Road and vice versa.

  • BREAKING: Portion of Kemper Road will be closed Tuesday morning

    BREAKING: Portion of Kemper Road will be closed Tuesday morning

    Symmes Township, Ohio – Eric J. Beck, Hamilton County Engineer, just announced a full road closure on Kemper Road between Loveland Madeira and Twightwee Road in Symmes Township.

    Indiana Ohio Railway will be repairing the railroad track on Tuesday, December 8, between the hours of 8 AM and – 6 PM (weather permitting).

    The contractor’s detour route will be from Kemper – Loveland Madeira – South Riverside – Kemper and vice versa.

    Any problems/questions should be directed to Geoff Reeder (330) 749-1906 with Indiana Ohio Railway or Dan Jones at (513) 946-8430 with the Hamilton County Engineers.

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