Chagrin Highlands Estates is a subdivision located north of Route 422 in northeast Solon. It is near the picturesque Chagrin River. During a visit to Chagrin Highlands, I saw this colonial home that was located almost entirely below the street level. A sloping driveway lead to the home on a quiet, private and treed sloping lot.
 Mat Foundation Credit: Pacific Housing Systems-Click to enlarge  Potential issues at Chagrin Highlands-Click to enlarge → continue reading Unstable slopes of Chagrin Highlands Estates of Solon Ohio
 Credit: Sue Reid, The Solon Times Ohio State Auditor, Mary Taylor, conducted a special audit of the City of Solon to determine if City of Solon received the quantity and quality of material billed by the contractor for the contracts entered into with Midwest Paving, Chaney Cement Contractors, Inc. (for the extended period of January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2007), and MGL Enterprises, Inc. This engagement was conducted in accordance with the Quality Standards for Inspections established by the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (January 2005). The results of the special (cost to the Solon taxpayer $ 165,000) audit were provided to City of Solon Mayor, Susan Drucker. An extract from Ohio State Auditor’s special audit report follows: → continue reading 11 engineering recommendations for City of Solon, Ohio
 Click It Or Ticket campaign near Solon Recreation Center The Three E’s of Traffic Safety
- Public Education
- Law Enforcement
- Traffic Engineering
Road sense is the offspring of courtesy and the parent of safety. On the eve of Memorial Day, officers of Solon Police Department were observed → continue reading The Three E’s of Traffic Safety
Definition of a Geogrid
The word geosynthetic is used to refer to any synthetic material used in geotechnical engineering. A geogrid is defined as a geosynthetic material consisting of connected parallel sets of tensile ribs with apertures of sufficient size to allow strike-through of surrounding soil, stone, or other geotechnical material. → continue reading Tensar geogrid reinforces highway in Solon, Ohio
City of Solon and Ohio Department of Transportation conducted a study to determine the effectiveness of a MUTCD non-compliant HIGH CRASH LOCATION-FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE yellow warning traffic sign. Within the context of the study limitations, the study concluded that the traffic sign made no positive impact on the number of traffic crashes. It was as if the traffic sign was invisible to the motorists.
Assured Clear Distance
According to Ohio Revised Code- Title [45] XLV MOTOR VEHICLES – AERONAUTICS – WATERCRAFT-Chapter 4511: TRAFFIC LAWS – OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES-4511.21 Speed limits – assured clear distance. (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or proper, having due regard to the
- traffic,
- surface, and
- width of the street or highway and
- any other conditions,
and no person shall drive any motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar in and upon any street or highway at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
A high number of accidents occurred → continue reading The invisible high crash traffic sign in Solon Ohio
 Natural Gas in Marcellus and Davonian Shale in Appalachian Basin For new residents of Northeast Ohio, one of the lesser known facts about the region might be its association with its oil and natural gas wells. The State of Ohio has about 274,733 wells yielding 1.126 billion barrels of crude oil and more than 8.35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Research completed by Ohio Department of Natural Resources’s Divisions of Mineral Resources Management and Geological Survey indicates that Ohio has significant remaining producible oil and natural gas reserves.
The subject of natural gas well drilling has been controversial and contentious in the Northeast Ohio region. → continue reading Oil and Natural Gas Wells-Ohio Residential Property Disclosure Form
 - Christmas 2009
Something is not right when people have to informed through a sign that Christmas is about Jesus Christ and not shopping.
Municipal zoning or other rules may permit installation of non commercial opinion signs if the signs meet the size, color, location and other prescribed criteria. These yard signs are a tribute to our First Amendment.
However, some yard signs or commercial electronic message boards, in particular, that are becoming too common on higher speed roadways, are likely to be cause of distraction to some iPhone slinging motorists and may lead to traffic crashes.
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