TALLMADGE: Brad Lockhart was really hoping the weather cooperated last night to allow road crews to finish up their work on his road.
The homeowner said he’s had several sleepless nights since workers started resurfacing the six-spoked intersection of South Monroe Road, Eastwood Avenue and Southeast Avenue.
Last week, jackhammers used to tear up the old road weren’t hauled out till after midnight.
The noisy repaving machines laying down asphalt this week just 30 feet from his front door were just as aggravating, he said, “especially with that beeping the machines make when they’re backing up.”
Mayor David Kline was also hoping road crews would be able to wind up their work around 3 a.m. this morning.
He said he was sorry the homeowners that lived near the largely commercial area had to put up with noise throughout the night, but that inconveniencing a few residents was the trade-off for reducing risk to workers trying to resurface the busy intersection during the day.
“We always do [road construction] during the day, but Six Corners gets 18,000 cars a day,” he said. “With all the heavy equipment and people in the road, it was just too dangerous.”
The intersection is paved once every 15 to 20 years, Kline said, and crews tried to limit the night work to five days.
“Hopefully, we’re done there now for a long time,” he said.
Lockhart hopes so, too.
“I almost cut my finger off at work,” the auto mechanic said, blaming the near-miss on being sleepy when he operated a cut-off wheel.