Road Closing
The Mercer County Engineer, Jim Wiechart is announcing the closing of 2 roads from Monday, May 22nd to Friday, May 26th:
Elgin Road from State Route 117 to Mercer Van Wert County Line, Rauh Road from St. Anthony Road to Pine Road.
These roads are being closed for bridge resurfacing.
Any additional questions contact the Mercer County Engineer’s Office at 419-586-7759.
Road Closing
The Mercer County Engineer, Jim Wiechart, is planning to close Huwer Road between State Route 716 and Rolfes Road in Marion Township for a culvert replacement. This road will be closed tentatively on May 22, 2023 and is scheduled to reopen in approximately 4-5 weeks, depending on the weather conditions.
Any additional questions, contact the Mercer County Engineer’s Office at 419-586-7759.
Road Closing
The Mercer County Engineer, Jim Wiechart, is planning to close Huwer Road between Clune Stucke Road and Voskuhl Road in Marion Township for a culvert replacement. This road will be closed tentatively on May 2, 2023 and is scheduled to reopen in approximately 3 weeks, depending on the weather conditions.
Any additional questions, contact the Mercer County Engineer’s Office or at 419-586-7759.
Spring planting & open ditch maintenance
The Mercer County Commissioners and the Mercer County Engineer would like to remind those who plant and till the fields around the county this spring to remember to avoid planting in the roadway right-of-way. The Engineer and the Commissioner’s Office have maps that identify the varied widths of the road right-of-way throughout the county. More specifically, sight problems limiting the ability of the traveling public to see, can be particularly hazardous.
Also, a reminder to those along county-maintained open ditches. By law there is a maintenance easement for access adjacent to the tops of banks of the open ditches. We encourage the use of filter strips to eliminate sedimentation and soil erosion adjacent to the open ditches. Keep in mind that our maintenance crews use the easement for access for the maintenance operations we perform (the spraying of weeds and brush is the most significant maintenance operation).
Should you have any questions related to these requirements, please feel free to call the Commissioners’ Office at 419-586-3178 or the Engineer’s Office at 419-586-7759.
Construction Season
Mercer County Engineer, Jim Wiechart is announcing that over the upcoming construction season that engineer inspection and maintenance personnel will be on-site on many of the 111 miles of Mercer County maintained open drainage ditches and 76 miles of tile throughout Mercer County.
Easements exist along specific drainage infrastructure attributes that allow the necessary evaluation and maintenance of these important drainage elements. Such things as ditch inspection, spraying for noxious weeds and erosion repairs will occur throughout the year.
Wiechart stated-
“Many people may think that a ditch or tile is solely on private property, but all of Mercer County’s ditch and tile maintenance infrastructure attributes have a maintenance easement on and around the drainage feature. A fraction of the open ditches and tile in the unincorporated areas are on county maintenance.”
Road Closing
The Mercer County Engineer, Jim Wiechart, is announcing that temporary and intermittent closures on Hellwarth Road between SR 29 and Mud Pike for drainage improvements, shoulder & pavement widening as well as resurfacing roadway improvements will occur over the course of the next ½ year.Work to this road, via contractor, will be intermittent in nature,with varying dates & times of road closure. Work is set to be complete by June 30, 2023.
Any additional questions contact the Mercer County Engineer’s Office at 419-586-7759.
Ohio Law prohibits signs on trees and poles.
Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart has issued a reminder that the Ohio Revised Code prohibits the erection of signs or affixing signs, posters or advertisement to any tree or utility pole within the right-of-way of any public highway.
Political candidates, campaign workers and supporters of issues appearing on the ballot are reminded that these signs are subject to removal.
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