SOM Center Road Crash Study Recommends Ways To Improve Traffic Safety
An Ohio Department of Transportation crash study of SOM Center Road in Solon identifies options to make the road safer.
A Department of Transportation study of crashes on SOM Center Road in Solon recommends a number of options to make the heavily-travelled road safer. Some of the recommendations in the report, which was prepared and finalized in 2012, are already in city officials' plans, including updating Solon's traffic signal system and improving the timing of the traffic lights, scheduled to be finished in late spring or early summer. The city safety committee plans to discuss the report this Wednesday at City Hall. The study concentrated on a short section that included the 422 exits and entrances to Solon Road. Between 2008 and 2010, that area had 184 total crashes, with 59 on SOM Center and 125 on U.S. 422. Of those crases, 33 resulted in injuries. …
