If the judge decides in Fairlawn's favor, police will fine drivers who go around Rothrock Road barriers as well.
Fairlawn City Council is looking to approve legislation that will allow police officers to fine drivers who go around or through the gates at Rosemont Boulevard. City Law Director Ed Riegler said police Chief Kenneth Walsh wants to add a new section to the traffic code that will allow officers to enforce the gates and, if the judge rules in Fairlawn's favor, the barriers at Rothrock Road. "It will say that a motorist cannot drive within 25 feet of the barricades," Riegler said. "We can get the code into place now, but we cannot enforce it on Rothrock Road until the judge makes a decision." Mayor William Roth said people have already tried to drive around the concrete barricades and gates at Rosemont Boulevard. "People try to drive around …
Have you missed any part of the Rothrock Road trial so far? Catch up here.
We're down to the last witness in the Copley v. Fairlawn Rothrock Road closure trial. Court has been in session for almost two months, and Fairlawn will call Mayor William Roth to the stand Wednesday morning. The trial started June 1 in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Alison McCarty's courtroom. Fairlawn attorneys Stephen Funk and Marshal Pitchford argue that closing Rothrock Road at Sawgrass Drive and installing a gate at Rosemont Boulevard will not slow response times for emergency vehicles to get to and from Copley Place or anywhere else in that area. Copley Township attorney Irv Sugerman and attorneys Jordan Berns and Tim Duff, who represent Fairlawn resident Jacob Pollock, say closing Rothrock will slow response times and that it's …
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Wilson Miller
1:53 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
As someone that only visits your area once a year, I find it amazing that first of all, the judge in this case has still not rendered a verdict. I know the Ohio elections are over and I do not know if this judge was reelected or not. I have read where Walmart has completed the purchase of the land on Rothrock and I will be interested to see if anything has happened when we are up there this … more ›